People across North Georgia report thousands of sightings of giant ‘flying’ spiders

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People across North Georgia report thousands of sightings of giant ‘flying’ spiders

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It may sound like the things that nightmares are made of.

People across North Georgia have reported thousands of sightings of the now-infamous Joro Spider. The giant, venomous, “flying” spiders have been in Georgia for more than a decade now.

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 through the University of Georgia has developed a monitoring program called Joro Watch, which breaks down sightings of the creepy arachnids by county.

As of Tuesday afternoon, Fulton County had nearly 500 sightings, DeKalb County had nearly 700 sightings and Gwinnett had close to 600.

Researchers with the UGA 

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, all the way from Japan — possibly in cargo that came through Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

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— they don’t have wings. Their webs are carried on the breeze.

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Research by UGA has found that the Joros are also cold-tolerant and can survive the brief freezes that other spider species can’t handle, suggesting their hardiness is part of what’s enabling them to spread through the U.S.

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