EVERY single spider is "venomous," but only specific spiders are legitimately dangerous to humans. The only ones that we SHOULD be worried about are Black Widows and Redback Spiders, Brown Recluses, Sydney Funnel-Web Spiders, and the Brazilian Wandering Spiders. The Joro Spiders are simply a type of Orb-Weaver spider, and we have similar types of spiders here in the United States: the Garden Spider.
Black widow bites are uncommon and not nearly as dangerous as people think. About 2500 people in the USA are bitten every year and very few need any serious medical treatment. Brown widows - which are extremely rare but found in northern and central Florida - are purported to be more dangerous. However, like their cousins, they rarely bite and if they do, they often deliver a "dry bite" (without venom). Brown Recluses have a _very_ limited range in the US, and while they are dangerous, your chances of getting bit by one are astronomically low. Yellow Sac spiders can be quite dangerous, as their bite is similar to that of the brown recluse, and their range is wider. Still, they're not common. Of the _truly dangerous_ spiders on Earth, ALL live outside of North America. The Brazilian Wandering Spider, the Sydney Funnel Web, the Six-Eyed Sand Spider, and a few tarantulas - such as those from the poecelothera genus - are all quite dangerous, but very, _very few_ people need to worry about those. Unless you're in the Amazon jungle, Australia, Borneo, Iraq, or South Asia, you'll likely never get a serious spider bite.
Joro Spiders will freak a lot of people out simply because they're big and colorful, but you're right, they're nothing to worry about. Their fangs are so small that etymologists don't think they can deliver a proper bite to humans. If they do, the amount of venom - and its biochemical makeup - won't be enough to hurt us.
I have never seen so many stink bugs as in the last couple of years. It's incredible; they're everywhere! If there's a spider that's possibly headed my way that'll kill some of them - and it's not harmful to me - then I'm fine with it.
@@HammerJorgenvag Stinkbugs are a nuisance but I'll take them over the gypsy moths we had here that killed-off a lot of oak trees about eight years ago. Another invasive insect we've seen recently is the Asian Lady Beetle - which looks like a ladybug, but isn't. They're all over New England in late summer. Last year in VT there were so many I was vacuuming up piles of them!
Be careful what you ask for. I live in Georgia and what is amazing about these spiders is how many there are and how quickly they invaded. Within a year I had over a hundred in my yard.
@@rbra9611 You're right! Also, nature often finds a balance. This year I've seen fewer stinkbugs than last; it seems they're trending downward. Moths are the real pests here; Winter Moth and Gypsy Moth population booms are true pests here - specifically their caterpillars. They've eaten and killed thousands of old-growth hardwood trees and countless berry bushes here; very sad to see.
Early Spring I had the Lantern Fly by my back door . Had not seen em before and haven't seen them since Here in Havre de Grace Md by the water. No extra large garden spiders here.
I am in dundalk, and we called to alert the authorities last year when we noticed lots of the adults. We then over the winter and took time killing the egg sacs that are all over the tree in our front yard. Now that it's May our front yard has tens of thousands of the juvenile Lantern flies... and none of the authorities ever did a follow-up, or even acknowledge to my multiple reports
@@jmmywyf4lyf I know the egg sacks must hold many babies. It was one of the first warm days in spring, was hundreds of them and then I believe it was a cold night where they disappeared or all killed.
Look at ticks they are small with tiny mouths yet they can give one a lime disease. I do not underestimate what their ability to what can be done! They do not get called venomous for no reason my opinion!!!
They are no threat and it is only the baby spiders that does this, like many other types of spiders. Joro spider will be a lot more helpful then harm. They will eat stinging insects and even the Japanese giant hornet.
