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Jul 23, 2022Liked by Heather Wall

Happy to see all the pictures of the spiders than to see them "in person" like around my head!!!

Laura

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Hopefully you live far enough north that it will be a few years until they're up that way. The babies travel by "ballooning," catching the wind with little web-built sails, and can travel many miles that way. So the Joros are coming...

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Jul 20, 2022Liked by Heather Wall

We'll watch out for you on the bike trails! 😆 I really enjoyed reading this...great information!

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I love your bio! "But I hate spiders!" :-)

Glad you liked it!

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I cured a fear of spiders with knowledge/ curiosity when I was a child, so I really enjoyed this. While I'd probably freak out a bit if I face-splatted one of your Joro spiders while cycling, I think that they are really cool. Many years ago when I was doing some work in Mauritius and Rodrigues, I encountered a similar giant spider and thought that they were awesome. I'm concerned about invasive species though. Lets hope they fill themselves up on invasive stink bugs.

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So often, knowledge is the key, right?! I'm trying hard to be fascinated by them - I just wish there were a bit fewer of them...

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