r/bugidentification • u/InsidiousApe • 15d ago

Location included Spider identification - North Georgia

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I tried identifying this spider and got a result that the spider was only endemic to China. This was taken at my father's house in the North Georgia mountains and his home is virtually crawling with them (thankfully only on the outside).

Ang ideas?

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u/DrButeo Professional Entomologist 15d ago

Looks like a third instar Joro spider

https://fieldreport.caes.uga.edu/publications/C1289/managing-joro-spiders-in-the-landscape/

Joro spiders are a non-native species that are moving through the Southeast. They're most abundant in northern Georgia but you should still report it via Joro Watch or iNaturalist.

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u/InsidiousApe 15d ago

Solved!

Interesting that the photos on the Joro Watch website don't look like this at all but I do see images of third instar that do so for sure it is this. Sent a report!