into that of a beautiful woman. She's said to breathe fire and to be able to control other spiders. She seeks men to seduce, whom she then binds in her silk and devours. Introduced species in North America The spider is an introduced species in northeast Georgia and northwest / upstate South Carolina in North America. They were first spotted in Hoschton, Georgia in 2013. Since then, they have been spotted in numerous locations in northeast Georgia, including the Athens, Georgia area, and also in Greenville, South Carolina. It is believed that the species will become naturalized. They are expected to colonize much of the Eastern Seaboard of the United States due to their relative imperviousness to the cold. As of 2022, their impact on their new ecosystem is unknown. They have been observed catching the brown marmorated stink bug (Halymorpha halys), an invasive species that native spiders have not been known to eat, and it has also been hoped that they may consume mosquitoes and flies. Some hope that the impact of the species will be positive due to their harmless nature and consumption of primarily invasive or nuisance insects; however, because of the relative lack of information about its ecology, the effects the spider will have on ecosystems are unknown.Aridi, Rasha, ‘Like a Scene Out of ‘Arachnophobia,” Invasive Spiders Take Over Northern Georgia - Scientists are torn on whether the Joro spider could have positive or negative effects on the native ecosystem, Smithsonian, November 9, 2021 Gallery See also Joro toxin Tegenaria parietina'' References External links Big Yellow Spiders in South Carolina Home and Garden Information Center, Clemson University Araneidae Spiders of Asia Articles containing video clips Spiders described in 1878 Taxa named by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch