Parachute Spiders Expected To Spread Across US Region

Posted by Almeda Bohannan on Friday, May 3, 2024

Compared to most other arachnids, Joro spiders can thrive in colder temperatures. Compared to related species, these spiders have “a 77% higher heart rate” and twice the metabolism.

Perhaps most notably, Joro spiders have the ability to survive brief freezes that would otherwise kill their spider relatives.

How does that tie into the Joro spiders spreading throughout the southeast, though?

In short, they are able to survive in both the warmer times of the year as well as the current cold season, so winter may bring no relief from these guys parachuting right in.

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