Large, yellow spiders not native to the United States have been spotted just south of North Carolina. The joro spider is native to Korea, Taiwan and China. But in 2013 scientists found it living ...

Large, yellow spiders not native to the United States have been spotted just south of North Carolina. The joro spider is native to Korea, Taiwan and China. But in 2013 scientists found it living ...

First documented in Georgia in 2013, Joro spiders have now been reported in South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina, Alabama, and Virginia. New sightings are popping up in Maryland, West ...

Even if you're not a full-blown arachnophobe, your reaction to spotting a spider skittering across ... Matt Bertone and his colleagues at North Carolina State University surveyed 50 North Carolina ...

The Joro spider’s relative, the golden silk spider, inhabits much of the Southeast and hasn’t migrated north because of the colder temperatures. The golden silk spider has been in the U.S. for ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A new exhibit ...

Since then, the spiders − which can grow up to 4 inches in length − have spread to states including Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, according to researchers at the ...

As of October 2022, the Joro spider's range spanned across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. There were also reports of the species in Alabama, Maryland, Oklahoma and West ...

Experts say one way the spiders have been able to travel by hitching a ride on people’s cars and going north so it is important to report any sighting of the invasive species. While they have been ...

Similar to tarantulas, the Carolina wolf spider will dig an underground burrow for their habitat rather than spin a web like most spiders. Unlike most spiders that catch their prey in webs ...

Similar to tarantulas, the Carolina wolf spider will dig an underground burrow for their habitat rather than spin a web like most spiders. Unlike most spiders that catch their prey in webs ...

The Carolina wolf spider (Hogna carolinensis) is the Palmetto State’s selected spider species representative and is the largest species of wolf spider in North America. It is also one of the ...