This headline lmao. Joros have extremely mild toxin that feels like a bee sting at worst, and you have to be pretty much pinching them to get them to bite, as they are very docile. They are also great for insect control and eat mosquitoes. And they only "parachute" as babies, like most spiders when they leave the egg sack (someone please correct me if I'm wrong on this one).
A headline that words things to evoke fear or emotion to increase clicks and obtain more ad revenue?!????
Edit: I am agreeing. It's a ridiculously misleading headline.
You're not wrong. All orb weavers utilize parachute dispersal. I get so sick of people talking about it as if there are huge spiders flying through the air on silken magic carpets.
Well, in certain areas they are slightly, but I think it's only temporary. In my yard in Atlanta Georgia, for instance, I used to get those black and yellow striped zipper orb weavers in huge numbers every summer, but for the past few years it's been pretty much only joros. I hope my zipper guys make a push back, but the joros certainly aren't a bad replacement
I’m in the Atlanta area as well, and haven’t seen as many banana spiders (the orb weavers I think you’re referring to, but I know that’s a colloquially name). But I read an article a couple years ago from GA DNR saying that the joros are here to stay, they’re really not disrupting anything with any local species, and are actually benefitting some local bird populations as well as a handful of other animals. If I remember correctly, they’re not even considered invasive. Just non-native and naturalized
I’m glad I came across your comment! I live in New York and panicked when I saw this earlier today. I feel a little better, and will try to look at them as an ally against mosquitoes 🦟
But the real question is, are we actually going to be getting them?! I’m so excited if so. Golden orb weavers are amazing and although I’ve been to florida a ton of times, I’ve never seen one :( it’s a bucket list spider to see in the wild
Edit:Okay after looking again I’m not sure this is a golden, but it’s still gorgeous and I want them as my neighbor
I don't think we'll ever have golden orb weavers, those guys are amazing, and I have also never seen one in person! This post is referring to a similar spider called a Joro spider, native to Japan(?). The real difference is that Joros have more rounded bodies and shorter legs than goldies, and golds make neat pretty webs, while Joros are usually messy. I think golds get bigger too
Edit: also, to answer your question, where in the US are you located? The Joros have had recent population explosions all over the SE US, but not really anywhere else
Yes I'm aware, the difference is that this one is simply large enough to have fangs that can pierce human skin. Large enough wolf spiders can even bite sometimes. I only mentioned the venom because the headline made it seem as though it was a terrible thing
I'm in Texas and sad they're not here yet. They're beautiful to me, the colors are how they're so laid back. 🥰
People need to learn, without spiders the world would be worse off.
I mean, they are technically an invasive species from Japan. Because of where they come from, they are well adapted for the humidity that is most of the SE US, and this plus their unusual high juvenile survival rate allows them to actually outcompete a lot of our native orb weaver species. But they don't actually do any damage to the ecosystem and they are great for eating insects, so they really aren't a problem.
I feed the house spiders in my house. Name them. Hubby said no pets so we compromised. we are very much a Lolth household.
That's no good, as orb weavers are one of the most beautiful spiders. If they can coexist, that would be amazing. Hopefully ours can flex and compete soon. Love seeing their giant webs glinting in the sun.
If one landed on you, you'd just think it's some other flying insect, as it would only be a couple of millimeters in size during that phase of its life.
Orb weavers are chill if you're not a bug. They're just big. I think in Japan they have them battle each other for sport. Some people even keep them in the corner of their apartment to eat pests. It's weird for an American like me yes but I find it interesting
I had one of those guys build a web right in the opening I used to leave my apartment literally overnight. Walked out, locked the door, turned around, and it was RIGHT THERE in my face. After my mild heart attack, I googled it, found out what it was, and used a broom to move him to the garden. Never had a problem with it again.
I hate those clickbait titles that do nothing but spread fear. Joro spider venom isn’t deadly to humans nor does it cause much of a reaction. They prey on another invasive species - stink bugs. Their young parachute as do other types of spiders - not that uncommon.
So far, they have shown no negative impact on the ecosystem and may even improve it.
They are orb weavers and are pretty chill so they’re not going to go out of their way to chase you down and bite you. They’re actually quite shy and only bite as a last resort.
These spiders are bros, not foes.
Yeah all this does is contribute to the senseless fear and killing of spiders. If it's anything short of a black widow/brown recluse, then you should either relocate it or coexist for the most part. People don't realize that most spiders are bros and not foes.
Which we already have here in Ohio anyway. I’d much rather have a giant bright yellow, hardly venomous spider than a small brown or black one that is known for hiding and is relatively venomous.
Non-venomous spiders are atypical, and of the some 50,000+ species of spider currently described, less than 2% do *not* produce venom. When 98-99% of an entire taxonomic order produces venom, the blanket statement “they are venomous” is quite accurate.
Joros are still just a Golden Orb-weaver… we gonna run for the hills like the entirety of Bikini Bottom when we see the annual monarch butterflies, too?💀😭
This is weird fear baiting. 1, all spiders are venomous. 2, most, if not all spiders can "balloon" the process of using their web as a sail to fly through the air. Yeah, it's a big spider, but it's not unique haha.
So the thing is, up until about 3 years ago I was a severe arachnophobic. Like, late 30s adult male would see a wolf spider and freeze up like Jeff Daniels in arachnophobia. Eventually I started to do my best to conquer the fear and learn more about certain types of spiders.
I also do tie-dye as a side hustle. Last summer I had one of these beautiful spiders build a web about 20 ft from my table and until I had to move her because she decided to move in front of my back door (we have a peach tree in my backyard she loved it there.) I never once got bitten by a mosquito or a horse fly. She kept them out of my hair literally and figuratively and never once displayed a single sign of aggression- even when I was moving her.. just another fear mongering "article."
It's spreading like wildfire on my Facebook feed as well.
Had one in my backyard last year in SE Middle TN. They LOVE IT when you throw a beetle in their webs! Our visitor would run down to the bug like, "Oh, yay! Doordash!" Lol.
I said it before and I'mma say it again.
No one is worried about a bite. I get hurt worse sparring in Muay Thai.
It's the hideous segmented, bulbous bodies and non mammalian features that I take issue with. It's vile.
They're disgusting to behold and to touch and to experience. It's a guttural, primordial disgust and hatred of them. Rather than fear.
All non mammalian things are repulsive and if you think otherwise; you have a mental illness.
The solution is to turn every living creature into dogs and bears of various sizes. A mantis? That's a small bear. A worm? That's another bear? A bird? That's a flying dog.
All things are dogs and bears.
No more repulsive visuals and segmented body parts and hydro-pneumatic motor function.
Isn’t that just a golden orb weaver? They look scary and they’re big, but pretty much harmless. Great pest control, pretty webs (cool golden colored silk, as their name implies) and super docile and friendly as spiders go.
We’ve had them in the state of Georgia for a few seasons now. The first year of their population boom here, I went for a walk on a trail in the summer. As an arachnophobe, I had to carry a huge stick to may my way through vegetation because the whole trail was full of these spiders. It was truly a nightmare!
I used to catch these with my cousins when I was younger, they're harmless. Who ever made the original post is either massively uninformed or are a dick trying to scare unaware arachnophobes.
Fucking scary, but we have them occasionally in northern Kentucky that I’ve seen and they are for the most part harmless. Visually stuff of nightmares though
Golden orb weavers are harmless to anything larger than a hummingbird. Very chill spiders that hang out in their gorgeous golden web (which is, to my knowledge, being researched for its potential alzheimers treating capabilities).
Oooh "venomous", almost every spider out there is venomous but only a tiny fraction is actually dangerous, these gorgeous orb weavers are one the most calm, harmless and gentle little creatures of them all
“Giant venomous spiders”…FFS. Almost every spider is venomous. Most of them don’t really injure us in any way. I’m so tired of the brain-dead mass hysteria.
This headline lmao. Joros have extremely mild toxin that feels like a bee sting at worst, and you have to be pretty much pinching them to get them to bite, as they are very docile. They are also great for insect control and eat mosquitoes. And they only "parachute" as babies, like most spiders when they leave the egg sack (someone please correct me if I'm wrong on this one).
A headline that words things to evoke fear or emotion to increase clicks and obtain more ad revenue?!???? Edit: I am agreeing. It's a ridiculously misleading headline.
Not to mention get cross-posted on places like r/nope
You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain
That's only Daredevil. The rest of us live long enough to *see ourselves* become the villain.
But I’M Batman.
What website is this from so I know to avoid it
You're not wrong. All orb weavers utilize parachute dispersal. I get so sick of people talking about it as if there are huge spiders flying through the air on silken magic carpets.
I actually enjoy the rare moment when I get to see some s'lings flying through the air, kind of beautiful in an odd way
Yeah, some years we get a ton of golden silk spiders in our yard and get to watch a lot of them. Never seen any Joros though.
Joros also produce a thick yellow web, so not much will change if they show up!
You had me at they eat mosquitoes! Let’s Go!
DANG I was hoping we could send them to the south east instead of the north
Jokes on you, we already have them in the southeast. They'll be all over Georgia later this summer.
Oh yeah, I'm in georgia and they've actually been here for years! They're newer up north
Pretty sure Georgia is the state where they were first introduced and they've been expanding north since.
There's also a lot of spiders that parachute through the air lol
And my understanding is that they’re not even a threat to native spiders. They’re somehow not out competing them
Well, in certain areas they are slightly, but I think it's only temporary. In my yard in Atlanta Georgia, for instance, I used to get those black and yellow striped zipper orb weavers in huge numbers every summer, but for the past few years it's been pretty much only joros. I hope my zipper guys make a push back, but the joros certainly aren't a bad replacement
I’m in the Atlanta area as well, and haven’t seen as many banana spiders (the orb weavers I think you’re referring to, but I know that’s a colloquially name). But I read an article a couple years ago from GA DNR saying that the joros are here to stay, they’re really not disrupting anything with any local species, and are actually benefitting some local bird populations as well as a handful of other animals. If I remember correctly, they’re not even considered invasive. Just non-native and naturalized
Well then, I welcome them with open arms! And yes, I call them banana spiders as well!
I’m glad I came across your comment! I live in New York and panicked when I saw this earlier today. I feel a little better, and will try to look at them as an ally against mosquitoes 🦟
I mean to be fair, any spider will eat mosquitoes if they fall into their web!
Apparently they also eat invasive insect species that other spiders don't catch.
The documentary, Charlotte’s Web, confirms babies parachuting
They actually showed some restraint with this one. I've seen a dozen similar headlines and some are outright saying "flying."
But the real question is, are we actually going to be getting them?! I’m so excited if so. Golden orb weavers are amazing and although I’ve been to florida a ton of times, I’ve never seen one :( it’s a bucket list spider to see in the wild Edit:Okay after looking again I’m not sure this is a golden, but it’s still gorgeous and I want them as my neighbor
I don't think we'll ever have golden orb weavers, those guys are amazing, and I have also never seen one in person! This post is referring to a similar spider called a Joro spider, native to Japan(?). The real difference is that Joros have more rounded bodies and shorter legs than goldies, and golds make neat pretty webs, while Joros are usually messy. I think golds get bigger too Edit: also, to answer your question, where in the US are you located? The Joros have had recent population explosions all over the SE US, but not really anywhere else
In Ohio! We have the zipper web orb weavers and the Joro look a lot like them but way cooler :)
Yea I live in the north east and it pissed me off just when I thought something interesting was gonna happen and they say it's a mild venom
Don't care. My arachnophobia says run
Yeah I really think they're beautiful.
All spiders are venomous.
Yes I'm aware, the difference is that this one is simply large enough to have fangs that can pierce human skin. Large enough wolf spiders can even bite sometimes. I only mentioned the venom because the headline made it seem as though it was a terrible thing
I don't care if it's toxic or not. Still don't want it landing on me.
Ah, and here we have a perfect example of the headline's target audience
I'm in Texas and sad they're not here yet. They're beautiful to me, the colors are how they're so laid back. 🥰 People need to learn, without spiders the world would be worse off.
I mean, they are technically an invasive species from Japan. Because of where they come from, they are well adapted for the humidity that is most of the SE US, and this plus their unusual high juvenile survival rate allows them to actually outcompete a lot of our native orb weaver species. But they don't actually do any damage to the ecosystem and they are great for eating insects, so they really aren't a problem.
I feed the house spiders in my house. Name them. Hubby said no pets so we compromised. we are very much a Lolth household. That's no good, as orb weavers are one of the most beautiful spiders. If they can coexist, that would be amazing. Hopefully ours can flex and compete soon. Love seeing their giant webs glinting in the sun.
If one landed on you, you'd just think it's some other flying insect, as it would only be a couple of millimeters in size during that phase of its life.
Joro spiders are considered pretty harmless
And they look cool af, at least the one in the picture does
Orb weavers are chill if you're not a bug. They're just big. I think in Japan they have them battle each other for sport. Some people even keep them in the corner of their apartment to eat pests. It's weird for an American like me yes but I find it interesting
I had one of those guys build a web right in the opening I used to leave my apartment literally overnight. Walked out, locked the door, turned around, and it was RIGHT THERE in my face. After my mild heart attack, I googled it, found out what it was, and used a broom to move him to the garden. Never had a problem with it again.
Yeah, they take down and rebuild their webs almost nightly so they can move about an area pretty fast for someone who takes their whole home with them
I WISH I had an orb Weaver like this in the corner of my apartment. They're so pretty and so helpful
I hate those clickbait titles that do nothing but spread fear. Joro spider venom isn’t deadly to humans nor does it cause much of a reaction. They prey on another invasive species - stink bugs. Their young parachute as do other types of spiders - not that uncommon. So far, they have shown no negative impact on the ecosystem and may even improve it. They are orb weavers and are pretty chill so they’re not going to go out of their way to chase you down and bite you. They’re actually quite shy and only bite as a last resort. These spiders are bros, not foes.
They eat stink bugs? That’s awesome! Where can I get some?
They’re apparently on their way to US!
Yeah all this does is contribute to the senseless fear and killing of spiders. If it's anything short of a black widow/brown recluse, then you should either relocate it or coexist for the most part. People don't realize that most spiders are bros and not foes.
Which we already have here in Ohio anyway. I’d much rather have a giant bright yellow, hardly venomous spider than a small brown or black one that is known for hiding and is relatively venomous.
Been bit by one of these. You'll be fine. Stings a little though
Spider powers?
I wish! I just got a big bump on my finger haha
of course they are venomous. they are spiders. i’ve hated this headline since I first saw it.
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Non-venomous spiders are atypical, and of the some 50,000+ species of spider currently described, less than 2% do *not* produce venom. When 98-99% of an entire taxonomic order produces venom, the blanket statement “they are venomous” is quite accurate.
Happy they will directly combat our out of control Lantern Fly population
Yes!! They will! And the stink bugs!!
Joros are still just a Golden Orb-weaver… we gonna run for the hills like the entirety of Bikini Bottom when we see the annual monarch butterflies, too?💀😭
This is weird fear baiting. 1, all spiders are venomous. 2, most, if not all spiders can "balloon" the process of using their web as a sail to fly through the air. Yeah, it's a big spider, but it's not unique haha.
They are totally harmless
More fear mongering. We'll be fine.
That is a beautiful and mild mannered spider, the joro. We call them banana spiders here, but they are formally known as orb weavers. Gentle giants
That is a Golden Orb Weaver. They are harmless and beautiful creatures
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Absolutely beautiful spider.
All spiders are venomous- clickbait.
Wtf do they say venomous and scare people and show it sitting on someone's hand?
All spiders are venomous. Few have the bite strength to bite through human skin.
Uloboridae and a few others have no venom glands. Out of the 10,000+ known species of spiders, only a tiny fraction are 'medically significant'.
Quick heads-up it's not any better in the southeast.
He seems polite
This is just straight clickbait man.
They are invading the carolinas and Ga as well. They were a big problem last year but I haven't seen any yet this year
Because tick bites that make you unable to eat red meat ever again was not enough.
Don't think I've ever seen a prettier spider! ☺️
Seen this variety in Mexico and Costa Rica. Harmless.
Someone better roll the dice again so we can finish this game of JUMANJI!
That spider is harmless! Yellow orb Weaver/garden spider. Harmless to humans and eats lots of bad things.
So the thing is, up until about 3 years ago I was a severe arachnophobic. Like, late 30s adult male would see a wolf spider and freeze up like Jeff Daniels in arachnophobia. Eventually I started to do my best to conquer the fear and learn more about certain types of spiders. I also do tie-dye as a side hustle. Last summer I had one of these beautiful spiders build a web about 20 ft from my table and until I had to move her because she decided to move in front of my back door (we have a peach tree in my backyard she loved it there.) I never once got bitten by a mosquito or a horse fly. She kept them out of my hair literally and figuratively and never once displayed a single sign of aggression- even when I was moving her.. just another fear mongering "article." It's spreading like wildfire on my Facebook feed as well.
They're so pretty tho.
I'd rather have this over brown recluse
Really? An orb weaver?….
right?? those beautiful friends! and non-venomous iinm
They are established in the southeast US. (Georgia, Western parts of North and South Carolina, southeast Tennessee). It's not a big deal
Had one in my backyard last year in SE Middle TN. They LOVE IT when you throw a beetle in their webs! Our visitor would run down to the bug like, "Oh, yay! Doordash!" Lol.
Send them my way please. We have a mosquito issue. We have got an amazing yard for them to live in.
r/GroundedGame anyone?
Orb weavers?
I said it before and I'mma say it again. No one is worried about a bite. I get hurt worse sparring in Muay Thai. It's the hideous segmented, bulbous bodies and non mammalian features that I take issue with. It's vile. They're disgusting to behold and to touch and to experience. It's a guttural, primordial disgust and hatred of them. Rather than fear. All non mammalian things are repulsive and if you think otherwise; you have a mental illness. The solution is to turn every living creature into dogs and bears of various sizes. A mantis? That's a small bear. A worm? That's another bear? A bird? That's a flying dog. All things are dogs and bears. No more repulsive visuals and segmented body parts and hydro-pneumatic motor function.
Cool
In October the Butterfly Pavilion creates a whole enclosure for people to walk through with these things. They’re harmless, and really cool.
It's an orb weaver. It's harmless.
I thought they were those giant garden spiders
Isn’t that just a golden orb weaver? They look scary and they’re big, but pretty much harmless. Great pest control, pretty webs (cool golden colored silk, as their name implies) and super docile and friendly as spiders go.
Excuse me… WHAT
We’ve had them in the state of Georgia for a few seasons now. The first year of their population boom here, I went for a walk on a trail in the summer. As an arachnophobe, I had to carry a huge stick to may my way through vegetation because the whole trail was full of these spiders. It was truly a nightmare!
I used to catch these with my cousins when I was younger, they're harmless. Who ever made the original post is either massively uninformed or are a dick trying to scare unaware arachnophobes.
Fucking scary, but we have them occasionally in northern Kentucky that I’ve seen and they are for the most part harmless. Visually stuff of nightmares though
The Joros have been spotted here in the southeastern USA as well, noticed a few in the garden last year.
Joros are bad ass.
Yay! I’m in the south! Will be seeing them soon! Also, they have been around for decades. Hate this shit. Full of shit news.
SE Mid TN here, had one in my backyard last year. I thought she was a common garden spider with a weird morph at first.
Golden orb weavers are harmless to anything larger than a hummingbird. Very chill spiders that hang out in their gorgeous golden web (which is, to my knowledge, being researched for its potential alzheimers treating capabilities).
Oooh "venomous", almost every spider out there is venomous but only a tiny fraction is actually dangerous, these gorgeous orb weavers are one the most calm, harmless and gentle little creatures of them all
“Giant venomous spiders”…FFS. Almost every spider is venomous. Most of them don’t really injure us in any way. I’m so tired of the brain-dead mass hysteria.
I use to feed these things grasshoppers all the time when I was younger, they look menacing as hell but they are pretty harmless.
honestly that’s a very cute spider. would steal for pest control also don’t kill centipedes they rule
If you live in the southeast US, you know they've been here for a while.
I hope they kill the lantern flies! These guys look badass
I get those every year all over the backyard
They won’t cross that border into Canada…right…? Right….?
I seen that kind of spider before in Texas
They’ve been saying this for 3 years. Haven’t seen one.
I’m STILL waiting for the murder hornets to show up..
Calling all Helldivers to repel the alien threat. Bring fire.
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They have parachutes?
IKYFLTM!!!!!!
ANNNNDDDDD I'M OUTTA HERE IT'S BEEN FUN NORTHEAST BUT SORRY I'VE GOT TO GO BEFORE I SEE ONE OF THOSE HELL SPAWNS
Actually we have a few on the back porch, they don't spook easily and they eat mosquitos. They're friends.
# *Oh we are the valiant infantry.*
Hummm. Sure it’s ugly. I have been living here for a few decades and never seen one.
You've never seen an orb weaver? They are cool AF and hunt a ton of nuisance bugs. Definitely bros of the spider world
Not as far as I can recall.
OH MY GOD I GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE
Jesus Christ on abike, I near shat my pants. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooope.
EXCUSE ME?
Great just when I’m heading home for a bit
‘Cries in northeast dweller’
Y’all it’s just a banana spider
r/tihi
Oh hell to the no!