Posted: 11/2/2025 8:21:42 PM EDT
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The bugs! Stinkin' invasive alien bugs.... This one's body is the size of my thumb. This is upstate SC, the joros first showed up in force about 2 years ago. Attached File Attached File They're all around the house too, but not where I'd walk into them face first... Picked my out a good cedar spider stick and did my best to exterminate every one i saw. |
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Originally Posted By wvfarrier: Orb Weaver. Pretty docile and make incredible webs Joro spiders are not your typical native orb weavers. These are invasive from Asia, starting around I85 in Georgia a few years ago. They are spreading rapidly, displacing native species. Their young float off on the breeze and they take over. Where i used to have a dozen or so writing spiders, it's almost exclusively 50-100 joros. Their webs are strong and nasty, they don't clean them out and they cover whole trails. They also don't seem to mind cold as much, it was 37 and they were in their webs. I used to be able to sneak in without much light in many places but no more.... |
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Very invasive. We don’t have them yet thank goodness, but North Georgia does. Seems like every invasive plant and animal is from China, Japan, and India. |
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Originally Posted By RDTCU: Joro spiders are not your typical native orb weavers. These are invasive from Asia, starting around I85 in Georgia a few years ago. They are spreading rapidly, displacing native species. Their young float off on the breeze and they take over. Where i used to have a dozen or so writing spiders, it's almost exclusively 50-100 joros. Their webs are strong and nasty, they don't clean them out and they cover whole trails. They also don't seem to mind cold as much, it was 37 and they were in their webs. I used to be able to sneak in without much light in many places but no more.... 
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Originally Posted By Oldgold: Very invasive. We don’t have them yet thank goodness, but North Georgia does. Seems like every invasive plant and animal is from China, Japan, and India. The population exploded this summer in NWGA. Driving my SxS on mtn trails has it covered with the webs. Four wheeler riding is no fun. |
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Originally Posted By fxntime: Ooooo, a spider, icky! Hands full of guts, yeah, no issue guys. Walking into a spiderweb in the dark is one thing. Walking into a spider web as strong as fishing line and feeling a palm sized spider hit your hat is different. Now do that every 20ft and it is just wrong..... We have things like golden orb weavers, writing spiders etc that get pretty big but Joros are a straight up infestation. I carry a stick to knock them down and my inner child practices his precision slicing 😆 Last time i cut grass i knocked down 30-40 on the two acres i mow. Spiders don't bother me, but Joros must die.... Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Originally Posted By RDTCU: Walking into a spiderweb in the dark is one thing. Walking into a spider web as strong as fishing line and feeling a palm sized spider hit your hat is different. Now do that every 20ft and it is just wrong..... We have things like golden orb weavers, writing spiders etc that get pretty big but Joros are a straight up infestation. I carry a stick to knock them down and my inner child practices his precision slicing 😆 Last time i cut grass i knocked down 30-40 on the two acres i mow. Spiders don't bother me, but Joros must die.... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/173511/83b14f7f-42f3-4588-9e14-0c66f8be413c-1_a-3652561.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/173511/83b14f7f-42f3-4588-9e14-0c66f8be413c-1_a-3652566.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/173511/1000007247_jpg-3652567.JPG Originally Posted By RDTCU: Originally Posted By fxntime: Ooooo, a spider, icky! Hands full of guts, yeah, no issue guys. Walking into a spiderweb in the dark is one thing. Walking into a spider web as strong as fishing line and feeling a palm sized spider hit your hat is different. Now do that every 20ft and it is just wrong..... We have things like golden orb weavers, writing spiders etc that get pretty big but Joros are a straight up infestation. I carry a stick to knock them down and my inner child practices his precision slicing 😆 Last time i cut grass i knocked down 30-40 on the two acres i mow. Spiders don't bother me, but Joros must die.... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/173511/83b14f7f-42f3-4588-9e14-0c66f8be413c-1_a-3652561.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/173511/83b14f7f-42f3-4588-9e14-0c66f8be413c-1_a-3652566.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/173511/1000007247_jpg-3652567.JPG I used to live in florida when there were more trees and woods then trailer parks and condos, I ate plenty of big ass orb weavers/webs back in the day. When we played ''war'' I used them to my advantage. |
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Originally Posted By RDTCU: They're all around the house too, but not where I'd walk into them face first... Picked my out a good cedar spider stick and did my best to exterminate every one i saw. Why would anyone try to harm an Orb Weaver? Are you a fan of horseflies and mosquitoes? |
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Originally Posted By FantasticPlastic: Why would anyone try to harm an Orb Weaver? Are you a fan of horseflies and mosquitoes? Joros are new to NA and very invasive, displacing native spider species. Their webs are loose, messy trash compared to goldens or writing spiders. I've not seen a horsefly or sheep fly in ~5 years, and mosquitos have gotten progressively worse at my house in the last 5 years. The only good thing about Joros is that they'll eat the brown stinkbugs. |
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Walking in on Saturday i somehow picked up a good sized joro on my hat. Fortunately it was cold and slow moving when it started peeking over the brim right in my face out of nowhere ... Saw a bunch of these out. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By FOX_OSCAR_hook: They make trail hiking a pain, especially if you're the first one out. They are everywhere and I don't like them. I generally have no issues with spiders, but these MF'ers are showing off. One reason I carry trek poles...held in front like Excalibur, the Slayer of Webs. |