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This Spider Was So Huge It Made Headlines for 25 Years — Turns Out It Wasn’t a Spider at All

A prehistoric predator once hailed as the world’s largest spider has been unmasked as something entirely different. More than two decades after its discovery, Megarachne servinei was reclassified—not ...
Yahoo

Spiders build giant decoys to scare predators from webs

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This spiderweb structure presents the illusion of an intimidating bigger spider. (Richard Kirby) What’s scarier than a spider? A ...
The Telegraph

Giant spiders are invading GA and making big golden webs. Here’s how to deal with them

Nature-made Halloween decorations looming around your porch? Well, you’re not the only one. Joro spiders are a massive invasive species invading the South, but how? Well, they’ve been around since ...
NBC Bay Area

Giant, parachuting Joro spiders expected to arrive in NY and NJ this summer

Arachnaphobes, look away — there's a giant invasive spider coming to the tri-state this summer. Joro spiders are expected to start showing up in New Jersey and New York this summer, spreading up from ...
WLTX19

Why one man welcomes giant spiders outside his front door

ATLANTA — Not everyone would welcome a web of giant spiders outside their front door — but for Lee Guthrie, it’s a sight he’s grown to love. To the right of his porch, several Joro spiders have built ...