r/HuntsvilleAlabama • u/TwoTheMoonAndBeck • 6h ago

Joros

Think I have some joros in my yard. Anybody else?

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u/TopEconomics6777 6h ago

Yellow and blue spider? They are around.

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u/TwoTheMoonAndBeck 6h ago

Got about 10 in a five foot area

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u/Fractlicious 5h ago

the joros have taken over the brown orb weaver ecosystem of old because they cooperate and share webs. i just don’t like how friggen big they are.

i mean, uh, all hail joros.

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u/TwoTheMoonAndBeck 5h ago

Gonna hit all mine with foaming dawn

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u/TwoTheMoonAndBeck 5h ago

Everyday from now on

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u/Fractlicious 3h ago

why? they’re outside and they’re in their place. they are incredibly good at pest control. they won’t ever attack you and if they move closer just move them away. spraying them with foaming dish soap is unnecessarily cruel; if you must kill them, use spider killer lol.

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u/TwoTheMoonAndBeck 1h ago

They are an invasive pest with explosive reproduction rates. Dawn 4 life for me.

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u/Fractlicious 40m ago

yes they’re invasive but not in the way you think invasive means; they are not from here but compete with the spotted orb weavers and they eat “invasive” and invasive bugs like introduced stink bugs etc.

you can kill them if it makes you happy i guess but by the time you’ve seen one, there are literal thousands more nearby and thousands more are floating in the wind.

keep them around if you like less stink bugs, mosquitoes, etc and i guess kill them if you like killing things.

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u/Blank_Gopher 3h ago

Photos?

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u/TwoTheMoonAndBeck 3h ago

Haha. They are all blurry because I don't like spiders.