NOPE 👀 How would you react to seeing one? Researchers say a large spider native to East Asia that proliferated in Georgia last year could spread to much of the East Coast -
The Joro spider's golden web took over yards all over north Georgia in 2021, unnerving some residents. The spider was also spotted in South Carolina, and entomologists expected it to spread throughout the Southeast.
It has about double the metabolism, a 77% higher heart rate and can survive a brief freeze that kills off its relatives, the study found. “Just by looking at that, it looks like the Joros could probably survive throughout most of the Eastern seaboard here, which is pretty sobering,” study co-author Andy Davis said in a statement.
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