A Joro spider climbing across a web with "The Joro spider is here to stay" spelled out in yellow letters alongside the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences logo.

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Like it or not, the Joro spider is in Georgia to stay. Millions of palm-sized Joro spiders have suspended themselves in three-dimensional golden webs on porches, power lines and mailboxes in roughly 25 counties in the state โ€” and counting. It seems Georgia residents will need to get comfortable with this new arachnid in town because, according to scientists, itโ€™s not going anywhere.

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