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I'm here to tell you that the one thing Joro flying parachute spiders have in common with shark attacks is that both of these stories have been blown way out of proportion.
Large yellow-and-gray spiders with 4-inch-long legs that can fly through the air are heading to the Northeast and could show up this summer, according to multiple reports.Sightings of the Trichonephila clavata species known as
Large yellow-and-gray spiders with 4-inch-long legs that can fly through the air are heading to the Northeast and could show up this summer, according to multiple reports.Sightings of the Trichonephila clavata species known as
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Researchers at UGA believe they arrived here around 2013, all the way from Japan.
Exaggerated news reports suggest Joro spiders are falling from the sky via a technique known as ballooning.