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LuckyCharms

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13. The pictures don't tell the entire story.

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sat Mar 5, 2022, 07:02 AM

Mar 2022

Weight: 40 to 70 pounds
Leg span: 6 feet

Their colorful abdomens contains up to sixteen fully grown murder wasps, which the spider can deploy at will.

The parachuting spider often will make a loud "barking/screaming" noise just before attacking.

The sound of their footsteps has been compared to that of a fully grown human's footsteps.

Most of these spiders carry rabies.

They are attracted by the thousands from miles away, to any type of music. They will swarm the source of the music and do what scientists refer to as a "murder dance".

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Big, Invasive Parachuting Spiders Will Begin To Cover Entire East Coast [View all] Nevilledog Mar 2022 OP

Total BS. That photo os not of a "parachuting spider." It is a common garden spider. Martin68 Mar 2022 #1

The Joro spider is quite something different - they are in northern Georgia NewHendoLib Mar 2022 #4

Common garden spider and Joro spider: Mariana Mar 2022 #10

No fucking way! smirkymonkey Mar 2022 #2

No fucking way! smirkymonkey Mar 2022 #3

looks like a cross between a spider and a bee IcyPeas Mar 2022 #5

They have the Maryland colors, they can stay there. dem4decades Mar 2022 #6

If they eat mosquitoes and other pests, they can come up here n/t Blaukraut Mar 2022 #7

Sure....that's how it starts. Then they move up to poodles. Nevilledog Mar 2022 #8

Poodles are okay. I draw the line at Italian Greyhounds, though n/t Blaukraut Mar 2022 #9

LOL! n/t EndlessWire Mar 2022 #25

It is very pretty. Solly Mack Mar 2022 #11

There is a type of bat that eats .... Duppers Mar 2022 #12

Most of the bat species in the US eat nothing but insects. GoCubsGo Mar 2022 #18

Bats are rapidly dying out from white nose fungus NickB79 Mar 2022 #20

Because the end up getting in attics and garages. Buckeyeblue Mar 2022 #24

The pictures don't tell the entire story. LuckyCharms Mar 2022 #13

Thanks for this valuable information Lucky! panader0 Mar 2022 #17

This is very, very funny LuckyCharms. Mr. Ected Mar 2022 #22

I love spiders. These are harmless to humans and eat a shedload of pests. Celerity Mar 2022 #14

Where I live we have tarantulas, which I like, and black widows and brown recluse, panader0 Mar 2022 #21

I hate spiders but LOVE those. They're pretty. betsuni Mar 2022 #15

Can we at least send planes to help fight off the spiders? N/t LiberatedUSA Mar 2022 #16

Flamethrowers are legal to own in 48 states, FYI NickB79 Mar 2022 #19

As long as they're harmless, they'll just be a nuisance. Besides, they'll have to compete Vinca Mar 2022 #23