Posted on 12/07/2023 4:32:00 PM PST by Libloather
They are on my property too, everywhere. I killed probably 100 of them this summer, and those were the ones I could reach. I read one spider can produce 500, so I am trying to get ahead of it
Their webs are very strong too, there is no doubt if you accidentally walk into one
People are dying from China cooties/vaxxs and now New York will have venomous 8 inch Chinese spiders from hell jumping out of trees on their heads.
The Wuhan Biowarfare Lab is working to fix that.
There ya go, brilliant!
My daughter, who is an entomologist working at Purdue University, says the Lanternfly is all over the place, even here in Indiana, and they pose a significant threat to crops, plants and trees.
Whew. For a second there, I was worried they might spread.
There was one out by my house number post this Fall. Son recognized it immediately.
In July through late September they are all over my backyard. Their webs are about face high. They are pretty spiders, don’t do anything but irritate me. Otherwise, as spiders go, not a trouble.
The article says “venomous” but I don’t think that is right.
What happened to the murder hornets from a few years ago?
Is there any such thing as a non-venomous spider? If so, how do they subdue their prey?
All spiders are venomous. Some are more venomous than others.
https://www.popsci.com/fungi-invasive-species-spotted-lantern-fly-pesticide/
"According to the paper, a research group led by Cornell University scientists have identified two North American fungi, Batkoa major and Beauveria bassiana, that seem to be natural enemies of the spotted lanternfly. The Batkoa fungus makes a particularly spectacular show of killing off the insect pest by acting as a sort of mind-controlling parasite. The researchers believe once Batkoa infects a spotted lanternfly, the fungus compels its victim to ascend up a tree or vine; then, fungal fibers sew it to its final resting place and spores burst out of the insect’s body to shower down onto any remaining lanternflies below. The researchers think this helps them spread and infect even more insects. The other fungi, Beauveria, is already an ingredient in some EPA-approved biopesticide" (more at link)
Picture of a Lanterfly dying of Batoa Fungus: his or her fuzzy death gives us warm fuzzy feelings! (They need to die faster!!)
Lets hope the spider turns out to be a unicorn that does something beneficial unlike things like Japanese Knotweed or Skunk Garlic or Giant Hogweed!
Here is a source for organic Chinese Lanternfly control using the other native fungus!
https://www.arbico-organics.com/category/beauveria-bassiana-beneficial-fungal-insect-control
Florida has had orb weavers and banana spiders forever.
We have large yellow and black spiders in Oklahoma. 3 or 4 inches, I’d say, including the legs. They’re harmless to us and our pets. They build beautiful webs of the classic type.
Yes, they’re from Japan. They’ve been here in Georgia for years. They’re big and beautiful. Harmless. I love looking for their huge webs and interesting shape and coloring. You’ll see many webs and one day they all disappear.
Massive BS. For the past couple of years we’ve had Joro spiders all over the place. They are especially conspicuous in the fall when the make spider apartment buildings with multiple webs and multiple spiders in favored spots. First, Joro spiders are NOT 8 inches - more like 4 when you measure the maximum spread of the legs of the largest one. So one claim in the article is a flat out lie. Second toxicity, ALL spiders are venomous are they any more so than native spiders? Who knows. I’ve seen claims that their jaws are too small to penetrate human skin, but I haven’t had the desire to test it yet. So claim 2 is sensationalizing a rather trivial fact. I never heard of the author of this shovel full before, and don’t care if I nene read anything of his again.
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