The invasive Joro spider (Trichonephila clavata) is endemic to East Asia. It was first discovered in the U.S. in North Georgia in 2014, and the spiders have appeared in the Georgia area each summer.

Researchers in a new study found that the world-infamous parachuting joro spiders will attack and eat each other in certain ...

Joro spider (Trichonephila clavata) Annual Progress Map Researchers are still learning about the spider species. Relatively little is known about their ecological or human-related impacts.

Joro spiders were recently spotted in Pennsylvania, making it the ninth state to have reported sightings of this spider native to Asia. While Joro spiders have been in the U.S. for a while, with ...

At that point, the closest Joro spider sighting to New Jersey was in Maryland. Now, they are even closer. On Sept. 5, the Joro spider was observed in a yard or garden in Bucks County, Pennsylvania ...

Park considers how to monitor spiders' spread. Earlier this year, park partner Discover Life in America added the Joro spider to the Smokies Most Wanted list. Park visitors who spot one of these ...

The Joro spider tends to hang out in visible places, said David Coyle, who studies the spiders and has them in his yard in Athens, Ga. DAVID COYLE — CLEMSON UNIVERSITY But according to Garb, who ...

"Creepy crawly" giant flying Joro spiders are spreading to the Northeast U.S., experts say 01:13. The saga of the large invasive Joro spiders that parachute through the air isn't over. A new study ...

The Joro spider has officially shipped up to Boston. The palm-sized, neon-yellow spider from Southeast Asia was first spotted weaving its signature web by a photographer on Beacon Hill this month.

The Joro spider is in a Beacon Hill woman’s yard. “It’s very cute compared to all the mice and rats that we have around,” said the woman named Hoda, who declined to share her last name.

Joro spider spotted in Boston The fist one has been spotted in Boston, with photographs emerging of it in the center of its web. According to WCVB Channel 5 , resident Joe Schifferdecker spotted it.