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Giant floating venomous spiders could invade northeast this summer
The Independent via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoWhile the Joro spiders are venomous, their fangs are too small to break human skin. They primarily...
Invasive flying spiders inch closer to Connecticut
Eyewitness News 3 Hartford· 19 hours agoThe 4-inch-legged Joro-spider, native to Asia, has been spotted in New York and New Jersey. “I wouldn’t want a venomous spider anywhere near me,” Amanda...
Spotted lanternflies are making a return
WGAL 8 Susquehanna Valley· 1 hour agoSpotted lanternflies are back, and the state is warning about their dangers to crops. The bug is an invasive species native to Asia. In 2014, it was...
Huge parachuting joro spiders may hit New York this summer
New York Daily News· 2 days agoThe invasive joro spider, already entrenched in the southern United States, is destined for the New...
Giant, venomous flying spiders expected to invade New Jersey this summer
FOX 29 Philadelphia· 1 day agoA skin-crawling new species of spiders called Joro spiders are headed to the northeast in states...
Invasive plants hurt the CT ecosystem in many ways. See why we need to get rid of them.
Hartford Courant· 3 days agoInvasive plants are everywhere, from the phragmites that clog the sides of streams to the bright red...
Venomous flying spiders are coming to the DC region. Why you ‘don’t need to run to the hills’ - WTOP...
WTOP Washington· 24 hours agoHeadlines this week are warning of the arrival of a venomous spider, as big as a human palm, that...
Why we need to eliminate the Tree of Heaven
The Wenatchee World· 4 days agoThe United States has had all types of migrants since the first European settlements. Dandelions and angle worms were introduced, as well as many...
4 things to know about the Jorō spider, which could reappear in Maryland this summer
Howard County Times, Columbia, Md. via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoJun. 5—Jorō spiders were spotted in Maryland more than a dozen times last summer, the first major sighting in the area since the invasive species arrived in the U.S. from Asia in the early 2010s ...
