Those aren't early Halloween decorations: giant Joro spiders, known for parachuting through the air, were spotted in Pennsylvania this month. Six of the spiders were reported on Sept. 5 ...

Those aren't early Halloween decorations: giant Joro spiders, known for parachuting through the air, were spotted in Pennsylvania this month. Six of the spiders were reported on Sept. 5 ...

Joro spiders have ballooned their way to Pennsylvania just in time for the spooky Halloween season. Six of the giant, brightly colored arachnids, first spotted in Georgia almost a decade ago, were ...

Giant, “flying” Joro spiders have begun to appear in eastern ... it spins large wheel-shaped webs that can be lifted into the air by gusts of wind. But its primary method of spreading is ...

The large, yellow, invasive Joro spider is creeping really close to the Garden State with its first verified sighting in Pennsylvania earlier this month, just across the New Jersey border.

Joros, or Trichonephila clavata, are large brightly colored spiders that can fly using a technique called "kiting," where a Joro shoots silk webs into the air and uses them like balloons to travel.

When it is young, it can float through the air on balloons of spider silk. "Joro spiders utilize a technique known as ballooning, where they release silk threads into the air, allowing them to be ...

The Joro spiders have been heading north since they were first spotted in Georgia a decade ago. The first verified sighting in Pennsylvania was earlier this month. On Sept. 5, the Joro spider was ...