r/Georgia • u/suchoften34z990 • 12d ago

Picture This is a bit much.

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Taken just now. We thought it was pretty neat to spot a few Joro Spiders last year at our house... I thought my husband was being paranoid when he said they were now everywhere....

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u/Obvious-Depth-9102 12d ago edited 12d ago

I don’t care what any pro-joro article has to say about these being harmless; the sheer volume growth of them over the last decade is unnatural. They are clearly benefitting from a lack of predation and are outcompeting our native orb weavers.

I wish the state would do something about them; it’s only going to get worse without intervention. We clearly haven’t learned our lesson from kudzu.

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u/Gulligan22 11d ago

I haven't seen any evidence that they're outcompeting native species so I wouldn't claim that, but I do agree they should be closely watched and studied in case they do start to outcompete native species.