Scientists from UGAEcology tested the aggressiveness of the invasive Giant Joro spider exactly the way you might think: blasting them in the face with two puffs of air from a turkey baster and seeing how they liked it. They were pretty chill about it.
. The spiders are believed to have arrived in a shipping container north of Atlanta. They have been rapidly spreading across the Southeast over the past decade.first reported Joro sighting in AlabamaThe spiders have become especially entrenched and noticeable in the Atlanta area, colonizing areas by the hundreds and weaving massive, three-dimensional, tunnel-shaped webs.
One reason the Joro created such a stir is its willingness to set up shop in places many native spiders avoid, weaving large webs on power poles and above gas pumps.
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