Invasive jorō spiders get huge and flashy — if they’re female

Males are the other half of the story, so tiny and drab they’re often missed in oversized webs

photo of a black and yellow female jorō spider

Out in the open, female jorō spiders look eye-smacking obvious, but they’re sneaky hitchhikers. They can hide in wheel wells and under car hoods, tricks that might facilitate their spread.

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Some thumbnail-sized, brown male spiders in Georgia could be miffed if they paid the least attention to humans and our news obsessions.