The Joros are coming
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https://patch.com/virginia/fredericksburg/giant-joro-spider-va-when-it-could-arrive-what-know
VIRGINIA — The Joro spider, a Post-It Note-sized arachnid that has burgeoned in southern U.S. states since 2021, has made headlines this week as some wonder when the wind-riding insect will arrive in their states.
While the invasive spider has yet to arrive in Northern Virginia, according to a website tracking the Joro's movements, populations were discovered last summer in two counties in neighboring Maryland.
In other words, it shouldn't be a surprise if the Joro does arrive in the Commonwealth this summer, University of Maryland Entomology Professor Emeritus Michael Raupp told FOX 5 DC.
The huge “parachuting Joro spider that builds webs stretching 6 feet or more is “spreading like wildfire,” and has been spotted in Virginia and Maryland, according to a peer-reviewed study led by David Coyle, an assistant professor in Clemson University’s Department of Environmental Conservation.
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@Mik said in The Joros are coming:
Don’t think they can fly over the Appalachians.
Their primary cause of spread isn't flying, it's hitching rides…
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