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Are you sure it was a Joro? They are relatively new to North America. Believed to have come first to Georgia via a shipping container from Asia in 2013-14. Thi
by nerdix 3y ago
Are you sure it was a Joro? They are relatively new to North America. Believed to have come first to Georgia via a shipping container from Asia in 2013-14.
This article suggests that if Joros are in Florida at all, it is a recent phenomenon
https://www.wesh.com/article/east-coast-parachuting-spiders/39401462 https://www.wesh.com/article/east-coast-parachuting-spiders/...
- kcplate 3y agoNot the original commenter, but I wrinkled my brow at that 2013-2014 date because what we call a “Banana Spider” down here looks really similar to a Joro…so I can understand if there was some assumption that they were the same. Growing up in the woods of Florida you become all too familiar with them. https://www.imagineourflorida.org/banana-spider/ https://www.imagineourflorida.org/banana-spider/
- 1MachineElf 3y agoYes, exactly. We've called them banana spiders while knowing there are totally different spiders elsewhere in the world that are actually real banana spiders. We've called them orb weavers. I guess Joro is the new name now.