Who had...

Flying spiders on their bingo cards???

Enormous, invasive Joro spiders could spread across the Northeast, a study says. And they're not expected to disappear anytime soon.

Since their initial sightings in Georgia in 2013 and 2014, their population in the state and other regions of the Southeast has expanded.

In the study, researchers from Clemson University determined that the species is fast expanding outside South Carolina, and data suggests they may be found in most of the eastern United States.

Full article, HERE from USA Today.

Yes, the females do grow to 4 inches across, but they don't 'fly' when they're that big. And the males are much smaller and less 'colorful'...

And there is much panic about them...sigh

I'm betting more people will panic walking through a spider web than they will by seeing one, or being bitten. They are venomous, but it's apparently about like a bee sting, so less dangerous than the brown recluse.

They seem to be centered in Georgia, probably came in via the port of Savannah, and are moving up the east coast. So y'all have fun with that (yay for a prevailing wind from the west)!

Oh yeah, and they supposedly 'thrive' in an urban environment...