The female golden silk orb weaver looks particularly intimidating, with a gold-colored body sporting lighter yellow spots and ...

Joro spiders can release venom, but they do not bite unless they're cornered, USA TODAY previously reported. ... multi-layered webs of gold-colored silk." ...

Their nickname, the Golden Silk spider, comes from the color of their web. Their web thread has a golden color, resembling silk in which they build three to five foot large webs, the strongest of ...

What makes the Joro spider unique is its ability to move through a process called “ballooning,” in which the spider expels its gold-colored silk to catch air currents, allowing them to ...

Joro spiders are members of the golden silk orb-weavers, a huge type of spider. Like the native golden silk spiders of the southeast United States, they construct enormous webs of gold-colored silk.