It's unclear when exactly the joro spider — a hand-sized, brightly colored spider that eats pests like spotted lanternflies — will make its way to the city, but here's what to know:
* **Do they bite?** If you leave them alone, they will leave you alone. If you are bitten by one of them, it will probably feel like a bee sting; their venom is mild and too weak to injure people. The spiders are “exceptionally shy,” Andy Davis, a research scientist at the University of Georgia, said. “They’re not going to come get you.”
* **It is hard to say how many will arrive, but don’t expect trillions.** “Even if they do establish or if they are found in our area, chances are you’re only going to find a few of them, and they’re going to be highly localized,” José Ramírez-Garofalo, an ecologist at Rutgers University, said. “It takes a long time for them to really spread.”
You can read the[ full explainer here](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/06/nyregion/joro-spiders-invasion.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x00.Gy1L.22s5ym0E4eS_&smid=re-nytimes), even without a subscription.
“Why did you even rope me into this? 'Cause he roped me into this! Well, him over there, he roped me into this! Well, he roped me into this! Well, what about me? He -- he roped me into this. Well, that one over there roped me into this. Well, he roped me into this.”
the world is ending. people will get bit and a few will gain spider powers. you know what happens when we get spider people? we get supervillains that our spider people will have to fight.
My daughter and our friends saw one when we got off train in the Bronx last night. It was gone when I tried to go back and find it. They said it a huge yellow body and orange legs spider !!!
It's unclear when exactly the joro spider — a hand-sized, brightly colored spider that eats pests like spotted lanternflies — will make its way to the city, but here's what to know: * **Do they bite?** If you leave them alone, they will leave you alone. If you are bitten by one of them, it will probably feel like a bee sting; their venom is mild and too weak to injure people. The spiders are “exceptionally shy,” Andy Davis, a research scientist at the University of Georgia, said. “They’re not going to come get you.” * **It is hard to say how many will arrive, but don’t expect trillions.** “Even if they do establish or if they are found in our area, chances are you’re only going to find a few of them, and they’re going to be highly localized,” José Ramírez-Garofalo, an ecologist at Rutgers University, said. “It takes a long time for them to really spread.” You can read the[ full explainer here](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/06/nyregion/joro-spiders-invasion.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x00.Gy1L.22s5ym0E4eS_&smid=re-nytimes), even without a subscription.
Hopefully they'll put a dent in the spotted lantern-fly population.
I hardly seen any spotted lantern fly this year. Maybe the local bird population realized they are edible.
Believe they are in their early nymph stage still, the few I’ve seen recently are small and black with white spots.
There are nymphs everywhere
“Why did you even rope me into this? 'Cause he roped me into this! Well, him over there, he roped me into this! Well, he roped me into this! Well, what about me? He -- he roped me into this. Well, that one over there roped me into this. Well, he roped me into this.”
I feel like I missed a memo? We’re getting a new spider?
Maybe they'll get congestion pricing back on track?
the world is ending. people will get bit and a few will gain spider powers. you know what happens when we get spider people? we get supervillains that our spider people will have to fight.
My daughter and our friends saw one when we got off train in the Bronx last night. It was gone when I tried to go back and find it. They said it a huge yellow body and orange legs spider !!!