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These spiders exhibit cannibalistic behaviors; females sometimes consume males after mating, though this is less common in North American species compared to those in the Southern Hemisphere ...

There are more than 40,000 species of spiders in the world, but most of them are too small, or their venom is too weak, to be dangerous to humans. The following North American spiders may look ...

As summer arrives, so do the Joro spiders. The huge arachnids ... noting that “plentiful suitable habitat favors successful North American invasion.” The species appears able to thrive ...

Worrisome headlines about venomous Joro spiders marching up the East Coast ... a forest health researcher at North Carolina State University, who studies invasive species. The Joro spider ...