October 2022

• Managing Joro Spiders in the Landscape

  Will Hudson and Shimat V. Joseph

  October 6, 2022

  

  The Joro spider, Trichonephila clavata, (Fig. 1) is a native of Japan and east Asia that was first documented in the US in 2014 in NE Georgia (Fig. 2). The initial infestation was centered around Braselton and Hochton, GA along I-85.  By 2022 the spiders had spread about 75 miles in all directions from that…

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