Are Joro spiders in Pennsylvania?

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CBS Pittsburgh

Ай бұрын

Joro spiders, giant venomous spiders with 4-inch-long legs, are spreading across the East Coast.

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@AMERICANPATRIOT1945 Ай бұрын

No adult spider, especially one the size of a Joro Spider, is capable of flying, or even ballooning. Only freshly hatched spiderlings can balloon.

@bcatblues725 Ай бұрын

That totally makes sense. Thank you for the info.

@CptDallas Ай бұрын

100% correct. This is fearmongering to the next level.

@gern5168 Ай бұрын

He says right in the video it's not the adult ones, only baby ones but thanks for the repeat.

@alexandersheridan2179 Ай бұрын

I still don't like that, at all. 😂

@lordsofsalem6660 Ай бұрын

Actually spiders can generally throw there webs when the wind is going and catch a ride I have witnessed lots of spiders that have done this

@joeanderson8839 Ай бұрын

I live in Georgia, and I can't believe how many of these spiders we have. Maybe they will eat up our mosquitoes.

@eric2500 Ай бұрын

WELL DO THEY?

@sherirottweilersforever7772 Ай бұрын

I hate spiders!

@melviasheppard8466 Ай бұрын

Now I can put Georgia on my list of not going there. Eat the mosquitoes ? I’m more concerned about what eating those spiders and how big is it !!!

@HammerJorgenvag Ай бұрын

Still waiting for them to show up in Oregon. I want one.

@Oopsididntseeyou Ай бұрын

Same hoping for them to make it to Florida 😭

@Beautifulclouds60 Ай бұрын

Ummm, most baby spiders do ballooning. It's very, very common. That's how they find new homes right after they hatch. Send out some webbing and float around on the breeze until they land someplace.

@frankschapmire1471 Ай бұрын

Charlotte?! Charlotte!

@robertwieland5958 Ай бұрын

So where did the invasive spider come from originally? That's a question a responsible reporter should have asked.

@Beautifulclouds60 Ай бұрын

From the last video I watched on this, they came from Japan. Some got caught in a shipping container and ended up in Georgia.

@r.j.martin1818 Ай бұрын

They used to be called "banana spiders," so take a guess.

@jokerace8227 Ай бұрын

These aren't banana spiders, but are similar.

@robertwieland5958 Ай бұрын

@@Beautifulclouds60 A new take on the "yellow peril."

@dafinestmadison2623 Ай бұрын

One said they came from Asia originally 😅

@DadBodDrumming Ай бұрын

They are beautiful spiders. And their web is GOLD! The silk is actually a golden yellow color. And when the sun hits the web the shimmer is spectacular. We have them here in Ga as they mentioned. But they aren't around daily. They have a season. They start in August and last into October. Before and after that you will never see one. But when they are in season, they are everywhere

@eric2500 Ай бұрын

The lantern flies are pretty colors too. Really, they are. But they bid fair to harm the fruit growers big time. (How's the South doing with that damn kudzu, BTW?) PS from the sound of it, these spiders are now everywhere in the only decently cool part of the warm weather down there! October, not August, of course.

@outdoorvideoswithbrad Ай бұрын

@@eric2500these spiders eat lantern bug tho and stink bugs, it’s a good thing

@alicewright4322 Ай бұрын

0:23 if those are 4 inch legs then that person has 16 inch long fingers. local media so desperate for attention they need to exaggerate everything.

@niteshades_promise Ай бұрын

😂 🍻

@eric2500 Ай бұрын

Four inches total body size is creepy enough for me, thanks.

@williambeatty5779 Ай бұрын

All media exaggerate everything to sell advertising.

@Undomaranel Ай бұрын

They worded it poorly. 4" leg span, not each leg is 4". Amateurs, the lot of the proof readers and so on.

@sleepyeyes816 Ай бұрын

Oh hell no flying spiders

@Undomaranel Ай бұрын

That's how they travel fam, especially when they first hatch to get away from the cannibal siblings... why do you not seem to know this?

@Jerseyboondocks Ай бұрын

Yeah, like it wasn't bad enough they're 4 inches wide. "Only the little ones fly" So,that's not a relief either lol

@levmoses742 Ай бұрын

😂🤣

@sleepyeyes816 Ай бұрын

@@Jerseyboondocks tell me about it 😂😂😂

@SkinCareLuver Ай бұрын

Spiders aren't scary and snakes.Try eats and roaches in NYC. I think the only reason people have a fear of them is due to Hollywood making stupid movies. There's one movie, I forgot the name but it's about spiders and it's so stupid

@HerrinSchadenfreude Ай бұрын

It's annoying when fear is stoked up like this about harmless animals. They're orb weavers not much different than the ones in the garden. All spiders are venomous. Like, every single type. And yet most are completely harmless to people. This is not flying Brazilian Wandering Spiders for chrissakes.

@lamarw7757 Ай бұрын

Not true. "When you think of dangerous spiders, you probably envision black widows and brown recluses. However, most people are surprised to learn that nearly all species of spiders are venomous - only a couple species lack venom glands."

@eric2500 Ай бұрын

Harm to pets seems quite possible by their size, and if nothing eats THEM here they will soon be out of control like the lantern flies, which THEY eat. They are possibly very dangerous to the ecosystem of North America, like so many Asian species of insect and plant and fish.

@Shamus-sf4nz Ай бұрын

A daddy long legs is most venomous spider but it can’t bite you because it’s fangs are too short.

@Shamus-sf4nz Ай бұрын

@@lamarw7757 A daddy long legs is most venomous spider but it can’t bite you because it’s fangs are too short.

@AmanojakuX Ай бұрын

They also eat lantern flies, among other pests, so treat our helpful spider friends gently if you see them.

@Nvenom8. Ай бұрын

An invasive that eats invasives isn't exactly a win. Ideally, both would be absent.

@krusader9508 Ай бұрын

@@Nvenom8.not all invasive species are harmful. The lanternfly is insanely harmful, so as long as the spiders stay under control it’ll be a positive.

@SkinCareLuver Ай бұрын

Maybe God sent them for help to get rid of the things

@joannmay-anthony1076 Ай бұрын

a lot of spiders 'fly' using web. are the Joro web weavers?

@ericnix6266 Ай бұрын

Yes, they are simply common orb weavers.

@DadBodDrumming Ай бұрын

yes! and they spin a GOLD WEB!!

@SuperCripple Ай бұрын

They're cousins of our native Golden Silk Orb Weavers (Trichonephila Clavipes).

@joannmay-anthony1076 Ай бұрын

@@DadBodDrumming i bet gold webs look really wonderful.

@mikekannely2286 Ай бұрын

They are harmless and help control the mosquito population. PA should be happy. Here in Colorado our orb weavers are very tiny because of our altitude. But I'm always happy to find a few in the garden in the spring.

@gern5168 Ай бұрын

PA here, We are starting to get tons of the spotted lanternflies the last couple years and last year it was all over our news that we would have the Joro's because they eat the lanternflies. Seen several lanternflies inside and out but no Joro's and hope it stays that way. I'll take the mosquitos and lanternflies. Lol

@mikekannely2286 Ай бұрын

@@gern5168 Are Lanternflies the same as Fireflies? I thought they were poisonous. We don't get them here either. Loved seeing them in Iowa. Love Fireflies, but really hate mosquitos....

@Tarsier-r9z Ай бұрын

@@gern5168 it’s weird as in the southern pa near Gettysburg I barley see spotted lantern flys I see more stink bugs though

@gern5168 Ай бұрын

@@Tarsier-r9z I lived in the Lewistown/Mifflinburg area for a few years and stink bugs were a daily occurrence. Every night when I turned off the lights to go to bed you would hear the clicking of them hitting the wall or ceiling. I had never seen a stink bug before I moved there. And during the years I lived there, it was the year for the cicadas. Holy crap were they everywhere. I had never seen or heard anything like them where I grew up.

@jayworner795 Ай бұрын

I heard they carry space Aids

@PatriciaHain-uw8vx Ай бұрын

😁😁😁

@SuperCripple Ай бұрын

Can confirm.

@niteshades_promise Ай бұрын

yup, ancient aliens. 😂 🍻

@moonshoes11 Ай бұрын

I heard they eat hobbits.

@SkinCareLuver Ай бұрын

That's not even funny considering there's people living with AIDS that accidentally caught it through birth by parents or because a mistake by a hospital. Surely you must be like 12 or somewhere in your teens?

@Serai3 Ай бұрын

Makes me wonder if Charlotte was one of these. Her babies took off by ballooning, too.

@SkinCareLuver Ай бұрын

lmao

@Serai3 Ай бұрын

@@SkinCareLuver I see you never read the book.

@tomestubbs Ай бұрын

Argiopes are orb weavers. Joro spiders look like they are part of the Argiope family, I'd have to see their web to confirm it though. They are large but not dangerous to humans. Just checked their webs are similar to other orb weavers.

@jamesvonborcke Ай бұрын

That "yellow garden" variety was native to where I grew up. I never saw _many_ in any given area, but having access to both large swaths of prairie to the east and old growth forest to the west (with creeks common to both areas), I saw more than I ever wanted to throughout my childhood.

@eric2500 Ай бұрын

WHERE did you grow up?

@jamesvonborcke Ай бұрын

@@eric2500 In the town furthest south from Chicago that still qualified as being in "Chicagoland"; After us, towns started having distance (and farms) between them. Most of the forest lands followed the Illinois-Indiana border going south, pushing out on both sides the further south you go; North was all steel mills (Calumet City and surrounding areas).

@garcia207 Ай бұрын

Looks like something from the Upside Down World

@stevedallas4942 Ай бұрын

I'm not worried about those. It's those Spider Pigs that worry me! 🤪

@dadofalad Ай бұрын

I saw one in Northampton, PA about 6 years ago.

@paintnamer6403 Ай бұрын

The Argiope spider is also shown , AKA the black and yellow garden spider has been in the region for ever.

@jeffliles5478 Ай бұрын

I am from NC we have had these spiders for years

@lamarw7757 Ай бұрын

They closely resemble writing (Garden) spiders.

@franksullivan1873 Ай бұрын

Black and Gold….Pittsburgh Steeler spiders!

@valkyrie5948 Ай бұрын

💯

@eric2500 Ай бұрын

Okay, where in Asia do they come from? I hear they can eat small birds. DOES ANYTHING IN OUR NATIVE ECOSYSTEM EAT THEM?

@krusader9508 Ай бұрын

They probably COULD eat a small bird like a hummingbird or something, but it’s not common at all. Also tons of animals in our ecosystem eat spiders, and these would be no different. There are spiders here bigger than these, and they get eaten.

@Leslee_Lane Ай бұрын

This footage was very helpful. Thank you for covering it. I can now sleep at night. 😅

@mandelaeffect1111 Ай бұрын

ALL baby spiders use their web as a parachute, or “ballooning”. 🕷️

@evonne315 Ай бұрын

Relax with the spiders, alright? We had the yellow garden spider growing up and it was gorgeous, no fear of it at all. I suspect the same for the new yellow spider.

@TheosYeshua Ай бұрын

So, they just going to Uber they way up north.

@SkinCareLuver Ай бұрын

Lfyt would've been so much funnier

@CptDallas Ай бұрын

Oh big deal. Yawn. They are not harmful.

@moonshoes11 Ай бұрын

Spider big enough to eat a hobbit.

@peepawghost Ай бұрын

Which Fallout is this?

@ScarySkele Ай бұрын

I don’t care that its not harmful… This sh*t is awesome. Imagine waking up and its above you in a newly formed silk web. Yikes!

@LevYochai Ай бұрын

The black widow baby spider also goes to the tops of trees and creates a parachute in order to spread out. The ballooning is nothing new if it's just the babies that do it, other spiders also do it

@justanamerican9024 Ай бұрын

They are in Upstate NY

@laurieannseverance6442 Ай бұрын

We had one in our yard in Maine several years back

@lamarw7757 Ай бұрын

They closely resemble writing (Garden) spiders. /\/\/\/\

@latp9567 Ай бұрын

They are amazing 😍

@glennbritten3044 Ай бұрын

Lmao, posted this before but just send a spiderwise Aussie Kid, He or She will sort it for you. Just wait till they decide to move in with you just like here and setting up a nice cosy home to rear thousands of spiderlings, cute to watch LOL

@gern5168 Ай бұрын

Thank you for laying out what my nightmare will be tonight! 😂😂

@eric2500 Ай бұрын

Does anything eat THEM?

@krusader9508 Ай бұрын

Birds mostly since they spend most of their time in webs, but if they’re on the ground they’d be eaten by raccoons, foxes, potentially coyotes, lizards, snakes, and other spiders/insects.

@ghoulishgroom189 Ай бұрын

As a tarantula and true spider keeper, I'm looking forward to snagging one of these for my collection. Life finds a way.

@guineapiglady2841 Ай бұрын

Awesome!

@binaryflat Ай бұрын

What a croc, more shock.

@rachelhelen898 Ай бұрын

They are beautiful and important.

@kidwichita Ай бұрын

Important for what? They're not native.

@rachelhelen898 Ай бұрын

@@kidwichita Eating unwanted insects. Are you scared of spiders?! Cope. They're here.

@HardCold-Alquan Ай бұрын

I could swear that I saw one in the morning, in the bushes in the front of a house in CT about ten years ago. I know that it was big and blak and yellow like that. Maybe it was that orb weaver he was talking about. Luckily we don't get those in the house...

@caelan5301 Ай бұрын

"they can fly" man its only the babies that do that please don't needlessly freak people out

@ENDTIME_GENERATION Ай бұрын

Remember, Camera man never dies.

@carolannmurphy3764 Ай бұрын

They're so pretty 💖 I Love Spider's 🕷️

@paulsawczyc5019 Ай бұрын

Leave them alone - the tax collector is the problem - not the spider.

@GlobalFreeLiving Ай бұрын

Beautiful Spiders... Florida has beautiful large spiders on A1A (Boca area) If you walk down A1A along the mansions are mansion size spiders and spider webs.

@kevingroves4944 Ай бұрын

I’ve seen them or similar spiders in the Pennsylvania mountains for the last 3 1/2 years

@frankcastle9991 Ай бұрын

Cool spider.

@curioplays Ай бұрын

I feel like I've seen these while hunting mistaken for garden spiders.

@richardwarnock2789 Ай бұрын

Seen them in the Eighty's in Ghost Buster's Outfits lol!

@westhawk9599 Ай бұрын

Joro spiders are from Asia. They don't hurt humans. They do catch spotted lanternflies that arrived in PA via shipments from Asia in 2014. Spotted lanternflies have no preditors. If Joro spiders can slow down lanternflies- that is great! Lanternflies can ruin grapes, trees, plants, etc.

@XavierKatzone Ай бұрын

Pretty!

@happytrails1963 Ай бұрын

Monster flying spiders are so scary

@adopteeonamission Ай бұрын

I remember the threat from the killer Bees coming to America in the 70's. That never happened.

@jeannek4033 Ай бұрын

The hell ? Fear mongers.

@SpringRain23 Ай бұрын

What the heck is that?

@PUFFYADDERSONSFakeNewsAN-qv4ku Ай бұрын

OH WOW!!! I am in OHIO and will be on the lookout for THESE!

@kennethchildress4454 Ай бұрын

I’ve seen thee Joro in Ohio since1977. I see them fairly regularly also in West Virginia and Virginia. I’m not sure where this guys getting his information

@TheFlutecart Ай бұрын

Pretty good horror movie script right there. Paraspiders From Mars.

@tammyrenee64 Ай бұрын

I live in Georgia with them, not them with me, I don't mess with them Had a big spider walking across my bedroom floor a few days ago, I took pic and showed my son and he said Mom that's a banana spider, it won't hurt you, I said I know it won't now😱😀

@Lirynk67 Ай бұрын

I’m dead now I have arachnophobia

@jasonmorini8254 Ай бұрын

They are just like the grass spiders we have

@marylandrie4 Ай бұрын

Whoever is holding that has a death sentence...i have seen them in Connecticut so i don't know how this managed to skip some states and move along to other northern states

@SoulAir Ай бұрын

Looks Blue and Black to me

@stephaniekerr Ай бұрын

Bright colors and red dot says NOPE

@krusader9508 Ай бұрын

That is typically a sign of being dangerous, but there are tons of animals that use what’s called Aposematic mimicry, which is when a completely harmless animal shares similarities with a dangerous animal, in hopes of being mistaken for something dangerous. Joro spiders are not harmful, and if you do manage to get bitten, it’s just gonna sting for a bit and get a little red, unless you have a rare allergic reaction you really won’t even need medical attention.

@wms72 Ай бұрын

They are Pittsburgh Sports teams colors

@hbhb7900 Ай бұрын

I can only imagine, the big mess that will be made on the wall, if I have to take a shoe to that large body spider. 🤮

@reneedennis2011 Ай бұрын

😱 Spiders 🕷 😳!

@maureencarr242 Ай бұрын

The real joe got his shot in 2019. The new joe has brown eyes, different ears, droopy neck skin, etc. Arthur Roberts actor.

@johnmikel5934 Ай бұрын

Birds need food too 👍

@SecretWars98 Ай бұрын

Anyone who has seen Charlottes Web knows what’s up lol. 😂

@RexRoberts-hk3wj Ай бұрын

Not as dangerous as a.tyrannical:moon:bat…🦇

@mr.pizzamarlon Ай бұрын

Are Joros as tasty as churros?

@Tee008 Ай бұрын

Sounds like a don patch quote.

@jed-henrywitkowski6470 Ай бұрын

Literally lol.

@Mr.SharkTooth-zc8rm Ай бұрын

Gorgeous gorgeous! - Steve Irwin

@lordsofsalem6660 Ай бұрын

Four inches is a tiny hand lol

@jurellwashington1986 Ай бұрын

if any man or woman get bitten by one of these joro spider that means you will turn into spider woman or spider-man 🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️🕷️🕸️

@Vejur9000 Ай бұрын

They’re beautiful. And for those of us who know nothing of spiders, but hate them…. Ballooning is how spiders normally travel when they’re babies, and we don’t need to fear them. We need to fear the damage invasive species are doing to other non-human species. You can thank mankind, for speeding up global warming, for that one.

@bcatblues725 Ай бұрын

Beautiful spider.

@bobbiconsin4021 Ай бұрын

Yikes yikes yikes

@charronrose68 Ай бұрын

Well it's pretty

@Badkittys4 Ай бұрын

I pray I never see one or they wont have to feed me no more

@marionmarcetic7287 Ай бұрын

I Think That Joro Spider's Are Very Pretty! And Their Not Dangerous At All! Shalom And Amen!✝️✝️🛐🛐😇🌟🤗🙏🙏🙏🇨🇦🇮🇱♾️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🗽🦅❤❤❤‼️

@WhereOceansMeeet Ай бұрын

Only ther babies move through the air and they aren't dangerous unless threatened. We're literally surrounded by spiders at all times and we only see a few here and there. While I get being concerned, chances are you won't even seen them anywhere but outside, but the more spiders you have in your home and yard, the fewer other pests. Just don't touch them and if you see one, leave it alone and you'll be fine. Sincerely, and Australian.

@thomasprislacjr.4063 Ай бұрын

Jojo? Dio!

@sutenjarl1162 Ай бұрын

are normies really only just discovering spiders can do this? damm

@taylorclark2100 Ай бұрын

Thank God I'm in California

@krusader9508 Ай бұрын

California is home to the only scorpion in the United States that is considered deadly. I’d prefer the slightly oversized but harmless spider personally 😭

@seadrifter8975 Ай бұрын

Harmless spiders 🕷

@Mr_blastYT Ай бұрын

World war 3 / The arachnid war

@gametime2473 Ай бұрын

Yet another bunch of BS by the media to get attention. These spiders are pretty much exactly like harmless "Orb Weaver" spiders. They are cool as hell and totally harmless.