Joro spider
The Joro spider is a large orb-weaving spider from East Asia. It has spread into parts of the eastern United States since the 2010s. It rarely bites people, and its venom is not medically significant.1

Co renconuscher el
- Adult females have stripes of yellow and dark blue, with red toward the rear of the abdomen.1
- Both sexes have a large abdomen and long legs.1
- Females are much larger than males: about 1.7 to 2.5 cm, compared with about 0.7 to 1.0 cm for males.1
- The web's yellow threads look gold in sunlight. The web has three layers, unusual for an orb web: a central orb, plus two irregular layers in front and behind it.1
- Females' webs may reach several metres across.1
Forza dal tissi
Il tissi vegn or tras ses dents da tissi u ses dents, cura ch'el morda.
Tge fa ses tissi?
Its venom is weak. A bite causes temporary pain and redness, which has been compared to a bee sting. The venom is not medically significant.1
Quant privlus è el per umans?
Privel per umans: LevSco ina piztgada d'avieul u main. Practicamain nunprivlus per umans.Its bite does not pose significant risks to humans. Its fangs are small and it is reluctant to bite, so bites are unlikely.1
Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?
It is reluctant to bite.1
Sch'el morda
- Lava la morsa e metta in pachet da glatsch sin ella cunter las dolurs. Tschertga agid medicinal, sche las dolurs èn fermas, sa derasan u sche la persuna na sa senta betg bain.
Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid
Resta en segirezza
- Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
- Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
- Sch'in tal animal ta morda: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.
El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza
Quant grond è el?
Quant lung è el?
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pudess currer 100 meters en 210 secundas (l'uman il pli svelt dovra 9,6)Quant grond è Joro spider cumpareglià cun TAI?
Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.
Quant svelt è el?
Fatgs
Females spin webs several metres long, and their yellow threads look gold in sunlight.1
The name comes from a shape-shifting spider in Japanese folklore that can breathe fire and control other spiders.1
By October 2022, its range covered at least 120,000 km² across several US states.1
In the Ao-Naga people's food tradition, this spider is eaten.1
The spider was first spotted in North America in Hoschton, Georgia, in 2013, and its presence was confirmed in 2014.1
Smaller males are sometimes seen in the females' webs during autumn, when they mate.1
Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs
- Trichonephila clavata (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Trichonephila clavata (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
- Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.
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