Venomous giant flying spiders make their way from Georgia to the East Coast – WSB-TV Channel 2

University of Georgia researchers I think they arrived here around 2013from Japan – possibly in goods transiting Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

Scientists predicted they will start spreading out of state and apparently that is now the case.

“If there’s a female that’s about to lay eggs and she’s on a swing, and she’s taken from South Carolina to New York to Grandma’s for some reason, then you could have a satellite population,” David Coyle with” said Clemson University.

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But as Joro spiders spread, scientists say they won’t cover the country anytime soon.

“They could eventually get here but they won’t show up this summer. And I really can’t understand where the sudden decision that they’re going to be here this summer comes from,” said Dr. Linda S. Raynor of Cornell University.

And that suits a lot of people just fine.

“I’ll probably cry. Like directly. Just…I was running,” said Marcella Grubka, who lives in Syracuse, New York.

There is still some good news!

Joro spiders don’t actually fly— they have no wings. Their webs are carried by the breeze.

And scientists say that unless you put your finger right in front of their fangs, they’re unlikely to bite you.

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