Arachnophobes beware!
According to the University of Georgia, giant spiders the size of your palm are set to parachute from the sky all over the Eastern United States this summer.
The massive blue, black, and yellow arachnids, called Joro spiders, are set to be all over power lines, in trees around town and even on your front porch come summer, according to the university.
The giant spiders are probably the fault of humans, because we accidentally imported them from Asia.
There is a silver lining to the fact that scientists don't believe the creatures impact the local environment much.
They are not prone to bite humans unless provoked. Their fangs aren't long enough to break human skin.
Andy Davis, the corresponding author of a new study published in the journal Physiological Entomology, advised people to try to live with them.
If they are in your way, I can see taking a web down and moving them to the side, but they will be back next year.
The golden silk spider arrived in the US from the tropics in the 1800s.
The team of researchers used an app called iNaturalist to keep track of the spread of the species to find out if it was confined to the Southeast due to its vulnerability to cold.
The Joro spider's metabolism keeps working in cold climates, according to a new study.
We should expect it to show up in a lot of places.
It looks like the Joros could probably survive in most of the Eastern Seaboard, which is pretty sobering.
Joro spiders are likely to spread beyond Georgia.
Scientists create grotesquely damaged Spider-Like Creatures.
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