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Why the National Park Service is seeking help in search for large, yellow-stripped spiders

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GATLINBURG, Tenn. - An invasive species of arachnid, known as the Joro spider, is spinning webs far from its native range, and now the National Park Service says it needs the public's help in tracking its expansion.Rangers report that the species has recently been spotted in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and there are no clear indications as to how far its presence now stretches along the Eastern Seaboard.Originally from East Asia, th…
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Fox Weather broke the news in on Wednesday, September 3, 2025.
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