Sensational headlines are popping up across the country about the latest trending species introduced to the United States, the joro spider (Trichonephila clavata). Eye-catching articles highlight these spiders as being giant, venomous, and if that was not enough to pique America’s arachnophobic interests, they are also tagging these spiders as “flying.” However, in practice these sensationalized claims, just like the spiders themselves, do not have wings, and as with much of the news today, there is less to worry about than headlines suggest.
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