Giant, Venomous, Flying Spiders Coming to U.S. Northeast (1 Viewer)

[anatta]

Giant, Venomous, Flying Spiders Coming to U.S. Northeast

"Giant," venomous, flying spiders are coming to the U.S. Northeast, with ecologists saying that "it is a matter of when, not if," they travel.

www.breitbart.com

Joro spiders, which are native to East Asia but have been spotted in the U.S. since 2014, will be “hard to miss,” as they have a leg span of up to four inches and black and yellow coloration, New Jersey Pest Control warned.


“What sets them apart, however, is their ability to fly, a trait uncommon among spiders,” the company said. “While not accurate flight in the avian sense, Joro spiders utilize a technique known as ballooning, where they release silk threads into the air, allowing them to be carried by the wind.”


There have been Joro spider sightings throughout Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas as the species continues to spread north, with some being seen in Maryland and as far west as Oklahoma, a Clemson University study found.
We have no evidence that they’ve done any damage to a person or a pet,” he told CBS News.
However, the venom does pose a threat to critters like butterflies, wasps, cockroaches, and other spiders.

 

[MamboDervish]

Giant, Venomous, Flying Spiders Coming to U.S. Northeast

"Giant," venomous, flying spiders are coming to the U.S. Northeast, with ecologists saying that "it is a matter of when, not if," they travel.

www.breitbart.com

Joro spiders, which are native to East Asia but have been spotted in the U.S. since 2014, will be “hard to miss,” as they have a leg span of up to four inches and black and yellow coloration, New Jersey Pest Control warned.


“What sets them apart, however, is their ability to fly, a trait uncommon among spiders,” the company said. “While not accurate flight in the avian sense, Joro spiders utilize a technique known as ballooning, where they release silk threads into the air, allowing them to be carried by the wind.”


There have been Joro spider sightings throughout Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas as the species continues to spread north, with some being seen in Maryland and as far west as Oklahoma, a Clemson University study found.
We have no evidence that they’ve done any damage to a person or a pet,” he told CBS News.
However, the venom does pose a threat to critters like butterflies, wasps, cockroaches, and other spiders.

And beautiful, too!

 

[mrjurrs]

Giant, Venomous, Flying Spiders Coming to U.S. Northeast

"Giant," venomous, flying spiders are coming to the U.S. Northeast, with ecologists saying that "it is a matter of when, not if," they travel.

www.breitbart.com

Joro spiders, which are native to East Asia but have been spotted in the U.S. since 2014, will be “hard to miss,” as they have a leg span of up to four inches and black and yellow coloration, New Jersey Pest Control warned.


“What sets them apart, however, is their ability to fly, a trait uncommon among spiders,” the company said. “While not accurate flight in the avian sense, Joro spiders utilize a technique known as ballooning, where they release silk threads into the air, allowing them to be carried by the wind.”


There have been Joro spider sightings throughout Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas as the species continues to spread north, with some being seen in Maryland and as far west as Oklahoma, a Clemson University study found.
We have no evidence that they’ve done any damage to a person or a pet,” he told CBS News.
However, the venom does pose a threat to critters like butterflies, wasps, cockroaches, and other spiders.

Maybe this will finally get some politicians to take climate change more seriously...

" Climate change can affect the population size, survival rate and geographical distribution of pests;..."

Pests and diseases and climate change: Is there a connection?

Although farmers have been battling pests and diseases since the dawn of agriculture, experts warn that climate change could accelerate or expand their spread.

www.cimmyt.org

 

[KingLeo]

Venomous but no danger to humans, as your source points out but wants to sensationalize things with their headline.
Now any invasive species is bad but it looks like these spiders would be more of a threat to local, indigenous insect species than humans or pets.

 

[Roadvirus]

If it hasn't been wars and contagions, it's been nasty-ass bugs.

This decade sucks.

 

[MamboDervish]

Aren't most spiders venomous? I suspect more are than aren't. I know the one's in my apartment certainly are, and there are many. They keep the bug population down, and they are welcome.

 

[americanwoman]

Thanks Biden!

 

[iamwhatiseem]

They look scary, but are essentially harmless.
Their venom is weak, and has little effect on humans or animals... not much more than a mosquito bite.

 

[KingLeo]

Aren't most spiders venomous? I suspect more are than aren't. I know the one's in my apartment certainly are, and there are many. They keep the bug population down, and they are welcome.

I had a roommate in college that brought in a pet tarantula. I was freaked out at first but after awhile we let it wander around our basement apartment and we never saw another cricket, roach, or even a mouse. Humans are not prey for spiders so they have no reason to bite you unless you mess with them.

 

[Crakhobarbie]

Venomous but no danger to humans, as your source points out but wants to sensationalize things with their headline.

Consider the source....
Breitbart...... enough said.

 

[Binary_Digit]

Flying spiders, yee gads. But I guess be glad they're not murder spiders lol.

Apparently they were first reported in the US back in 2014, in Georgia.

 

[Helix]

Back in the day, a tiny little grey spider flew down from my back door and bit my hand, the little ****er. It itched for weeks. My hand, not the spider.

 

[Real blank]

They look scary, but are essentially harmless.
Their venom is weak, and has little effect on humans or animals... not much more than a mosquito bite.

How do we know you’re not one of them

 

[MamboDervish]

I had a roommate in college that brought in a pet tarantula. I was freaked out at first but after awhile we let it wander around our basement apartment and we never saw another cricket, roach, or even a mouse. Humans are not prey for spiders so they have no reason to bite you unless you mess with them.

I've enjoyed a pleasant detente with my variety of web spinners for more than a decade. This time of year, when their numbers seem to proliferate, I just pick them up as I find them and escort them outside to a nearby tree, thanking them for their service as I let them go.

 

[Bodi]

Biden and his idiot border policies make shit like this worse...

 

[MamboDervish]

Biden and his idiot border policies make shit like this worse...

Nonsense. Asylum seekers, et al, aren't smuggling arachnids across the border.

Wherever to you get this bullshit? Have you any idea how ridiculous it sounds?

 

[Serenity]

I've enjoyed a pleasant detente with my variety of web spinners for more than a decade. This time of year, when their numbers seem to proliferate, I just pick them up as I find them and escort them outside to a nearby tree, thanking them for their service as I let them go.

I do too if they are friendly

 

[Bodi]

Nonsense. Asylum seekers, et al, aren't smuggling arachnids across the border.

Wherever to you get this bullshit? Have you any idea how ridiculous it sounds?

If the border was secure then this type of thing would not be happening. Asian spiders in the USA?

 

[Lycanthrope]

If it hasn't been wars and contagions, it's been nasty-ass bugs.

This decade sucks.

Waiting for a certain someone to roll into this thread with "THE END IS NIGH! REPENT, REPENT!"

 

[Bodi]

Waiting for a certain someone to roll into this thread with "THE END IS NIGH! REPENT, REPENT!"

A certain poster that posts in ALL CAPS?

 

[MamboDervish]

I do too if If they are friendly

?? What is a friendly spider? For the most part, they are all terrified of being picked up, and want nothing more than to just get away. I open my hand, or let go, and PFFFFT!, they scurry away.

I contrast that with crickets, for example, which do seem to be "friendly". When I catch one, bring it outside, and open my hand, they tend to want to stay. I'm not sure if it's the warmth, or the palm sweat, or .... what? But they certainly sense I mean them no harm.

 

[MamboDervish]

If the border was secure then this type of thing would not be happening. Asian spiders in the USA?

Yeah .... sure. Read post #16 again.

 

[OlNate]

Thanks Biden!

 

[Bodi]

Yeah .... sure. Read post #16 again.

I never said that Illegal Aliens were smuggling spiders... stop assuming and stick to the fact that the Border Policy is not protecting our Borders.

Blame Biden...

 

[MamboDervish]

I never said that Illegal Aliens were smuggling spiders... stop assuming and stick to the fact that the Border Policy is not protecting our Borders ...

.... from spiders .....



Sheeesh ...