The Spider Named After an Evil Seductress: It's taken about ten years for the Joro spider, an invasive species to dominate the Eastern seaboard.
In February, 2022 the journal, Physiological Entomology, describes where the palm-sized spider with its resistance to cold temperatures, and the ability to disperse its hatchlings as far as 100 miles has swarmed North Georgia, and threatens to take over the Eastern coast.
