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Joro spiders invade Georgia, South Carolina, impacting native species

If you have been on edge dodging spider webs around your home, you are not the only one. Georgia and South Carolina are ...
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Spiders Use Fireflies To Attract More Prey To Their Web, New Study Shows

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Joro spiders invade the Upstate, impacting native species

If you have been on edge dodging spider webs around your home, you are not the only one. The Upstate is reporting increased ...
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Spider uses trapped fireflies as glowing bait to attract more prey

Ecologists have observed a species of nocturnal spider attracting prey to its web using the bioluminescent beacons of already trapped fireflies. This rare example of a predator exploiting its prey’s ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Joro spiders multiply across Georgia, spinning their pesky webs

Have you walked face-first into a large spider web on your porch this summer? Of course you have. It could belong to a Joro spider, the large, yellow-and-black orb weavers. htiw llew ot ot yeht eseht ...