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Giant spiders are invading GA and making big golden webs. Here’s how to deal with them

These giant spiders are invading Georgia and making big yellow webs. Here’s what to know about them and how to deal with them ...
10 News

GSMNP asking public for help locating invasive 'Joro' Spiders as they spread north

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Great Smoky Mountains National Park is asking for the public's help tracking down huge venomous bright yellow spiders. The national park said the Joro Spider, originally from East ...
The State

Giant spiders are invading SC again and making big yellow webs. Here’s how dangerous they are

They’re big. They’re yellow, in part. And they’re invasive. But Joro spiders, now spinning their webs in carports and forests in South Carolina, are not as dangerous or as destructive as many of the ...

‘A big yellow spider’: S.C. sees increase in invasive spider sightings

Experts say they’re seeing an increase in spiders this fall. One of the most noticeable spiders they’re seeing is the ...
Post and Courier

Invasive Joro Spiders will soon return to the Upstate. Are they a threat to SC ecosystems?

Starting in September, folks in Upstate South Carolina and Georgia will inevitably come across the invasive large yellow spiders with their giant abdomens and long legs. They’re often confused with ...