Are Joro spiders in New York and New Jersey? What to know

Here comes spider, man. Experts are forecasting the imminent arrival of a gigantic, venomous arachnid in the Tri-State area and youll never believe how theyre getting here. The black and yellow Joro spiders, which can measure up to a terrifying eight inches across, first came to the southern United States from East Asia, by way

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Here comes spider, man.

Experts are forecasting the imminent arrival of a gigantic, venomous arachnid in the Tri-State area — and you’ll never believe how they’re getting here.

The black and yellow Joro spiders, which can measure up to a terrifying eight inches across, first came to the southern United States from East Asia, by way of shipping containers.

The spindly-legged interlopers are known for their ability to use their webs as parachutes, giving them the nickname of “ballooning spider.”

Slowly proliferating along the East Coast for a number of years now, the creepy crawlies are now being observed parachuting onto car roofs and hitching free rides up I-95.

“Right now, we are seeing them dispersing into Maryland, so soon enough, possibly even next year, they should be in New Jersey and New York,’’ José R. Ramírez-Garofalo an ecologist in the Lockwood Lab at Rutgers University told Staten Island Advance.

“It is a matter of when, not if.”

Researchers from Clemson described that the spider, which is “spreading like wildfire” in the Southeast currently, will also eat just about anything that gets caught in their web.

There’s some good news, however — the unwelcome invaders are far more likely to be found on the exterior of a home than inside.

Wherever you find them, there’s really no need to panic.

“Pesticides work [to kill them], but, also, they are probably overkill because it will kill everything else, and there is a cost involved; it’s just as easy to physically move them if they are on your house,” lead researcher, professor David Coyle said.

“They seem to love structures. So, I just tell people to take a stick or broom and remove them.”

And the best news of all — people can’t be harmed by the Joro’s venom, as their fangs are too small to penetrate human flesh.

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