Meet the Joro Spider: the Invasive Arachnid Species That Could Soon Overtake the East Coast
The invasive Joro spider is venomous and as big as your palm, but its taste for stink bugs means it could do more good than harm.
The invasive Joro spider is venomous and as big as your palm, but its taste for stink bugs means it could do more good than harm.
Joro spiders, an invasive species in Georgia, aren’t your enemy. (Unless you’re a brown marmorated stink bug.)
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