처음에는 점박이등파리가 왔고, 그다음에는 매미가 왔고, 이제는 독거미가 왔어요?

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https://endtimeheadlines.org/2024/06/giant-venomous-flying-spiders-set-to-spread-across-the-east-coast/

Giant venomous flying spiders set to spread across the East Coast

처음에는 점박이등파리가 왔고, 그다음에는 매미가 왔고, 이제는 거미가 왔어요? 미국 북동부는 공중에서 낙하산을 탈 수 있는 4인치 길이의 다리를 가진 거대 독거미의 침입에 대비하고 있습니다.

올해 초 뉴저지 해충 통제국(New Jersey Pest Control)은 조로 거미가 암컷의 다리 길이가 최대 4인치에 달하고 선명한 노란색과 회색 몸체로 유명하기 때문에 조로 거미를 놓치기 어려울 것이라고 경고했습니다.

“그러나 이들의 차별점은 거미들 사이에서는 흔하지 않은 특성인 비행 능력입니다.”라고 회사는 말했습니다. "조로 거미는 조류의 의미에서 정확한 비행은 아니지만 풍선 비행이라는 기술을 사용하여 실크 실을 공기 중으로 방출하여 바람에 날릴 수 있습니다."

Rutgers University's Lockwood Lab의 생태학자이자 Staten Island의 Pine Oak Woods 수호자 회장인 José R. Ramírez-Garofalo는 SI Live에 거미가 뉴욕과 뉴욕에 도착할지 여부가 아니라 언제 도착할지가 문제라고 말했습니다. 저지.

침입종 전문가인 David Coyle이 지난 10월에 발표한 동료 검토 연구에 따르면 침입종은 "여기에 계속 존재"하고 있습니다. 거미류는 아시아가 원산지이지만 2010년경 조지아 북부에 도입되었으며 계속 확산되고 있다고 연구는 밝혔습니다. 전문가들은 거미가 2022년부터 뉴욕으로 퍼질 수 있다고 경고했지만 아직까지 발견된 것은 없습니다.

Coyle은 이전에 CBS News와의 인터뷰에서 "소름 끼치는 벌레를 좋아하지 않는 사람은 이를 비겁하게 만드는 모든 특성을 가지고 있습니다"라고 보도 자료에서 말했습니다. "데이터는 이 거미가 할 수 있을 것이라고 보여줍니다. 미국 동부 대부분 지역에 거주합니다.”

"이것은 그들이 거주하는 서식지의 편안한 지역이 북미의 많은 지역과 매우 잘 일치한다는 것을 보여줍니다."

사람들은 플로리다, 앨라배마, 미시시피, 캐롤라이나, 테네시, 켄터키 버지니아, 웨스트 버지니아, 메릴랜드 및 오하이오를 포함하여 미국 동부 대부분에서 조로 거미를 목격했다고 보고했습니다.

조지아 대학의 앤디 데이비스(Andy Davis) 연구원은 지난 12월 뉴욕 타임즈(The New York Times)에 뉴욕이 “그들이 있고 싶어하는 바로 그 중간”에 있다고 말했습니다. 그는 이번 여름, 즉 언제라도 거미가 뉴욕과 인근 주 전역에 나타날 수 있다고 믿습니다.

데이비스는 "그들은 도시에 사는 것이 괜찮은 것 같다"고 덧붙이며 "일반 거미는 죽지 않을 것"이라고 가로등이나 전화 여론 조사에서 조로 거미를 본 적이 있다고 말했습니다.

First came the spotted lanternflies, then the cicadas — and now, the spiders? The Northeast U.S. is bracing for an invasion of giant venomous spiders with 4-inch-long legs that can parachute through the air.

Earlier this year, New Jersey Pest Control warned of the incoming spiders, saying Joro spiders will be “hard to miss” as females have a leg span of up to 4 inches and are known for their vibrant yellow and grey bodies.

“What sets them apart, however, is their ability to fly, a trait uncommon among spiders,” the company said. “While not accurate flight in the avian sense, Joro spiders utilize a technique known as ballooning, where they release silk threads into the air, allowing them to be carried by the wind.”

José R. Ramírez-Garofalo, an ecologist at Rutgers University’s Lockwood Lab and the president of Protectors of Pine Oak Woods on Staten Island, told SI Live that “it is a matter of when, not if” the spiders arrive in New York and New Jersey.

A peer-reviewed study published last October by invasive species expert David Coyle found that the invasive species is “here to stay.” The arachnids are native to Asia, but were introduced to north Georgia around 2010, the study said, and are continuing to spread. Experts have warned that the spiders could spread to New York since 2022, but none have been detected – yet.

“Anyone that doesn’t sort of like all the creepy crawly things, this has all of the characteristics that makes them squeamish,” Coyle previously told CBS News, saying a press release that “data show that this spider is going to be able to inhabit most of the eastern U.S..”

“It shows that their comfort area in their native range matches up very well with much of North America.”

People have reported seeing Joro spiders across much of the eastern U.S., including in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, the Carolinas, Tennessee, Kentucky Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Ohio.

New York happens to be “right in the middle of where they like to be,” University of Georgia researcher Andy Davis told The New York Times in December. He believes the spiders could pop up across New York and neighboring states this summer – aka any day now.

“They seem to be OK with living in a city,” Davis added, saying he has seen Joro spiders on street lamps and telephone polls, where “regular spiders wouldn’t be caught dead in.”