Many love the taste and smell of the banana, but there is one critter found around South Carolina donning the colorful fruit’s name that you might want to avoid. The banana spider. This arachnid is a ...
A Washington College professor is calling on residents in the state to help track the expansion of the Jorō spider (Trichonephila clavata), an invasive species previously seen in large numbers only in ...
The first time David Coyle saw a Jorō spider outside his house in 2020, he recognized it immediately. The bluish-green bands across its thick yellow abdomen made the critter easily identifiable. At ...
NORTH FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — If you see some yellow spiders in your neighbor’s yard, they might not be Halloween decorations. A new invasive species of spiders is making its home across north Georgia.