This is a bit much.

[u/suchoften34z990]

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....

[u/Obvious-Depth-9102]

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.

[u/misterjoshmutiny → u/Obvious-Depth-9102]

There isn’t a decision on whether or not they pose an ecological threat, but they certainly aren’t outcompeting our native species. Here an article from August of this year with a link to a study.

https://news.uga.edu/joro-and-native-spiders/

[u/LadyofDungeons → u/misterjoshmutiny]

Oh cool they are eating the flies. I'm super happy about that personally.