Not the original commenter, but I wrinkled my brow at that 2013-2014 date because what we call a “Banana Spider” down here looks really similar to a Joro…so I can understand if there was some assumption that they were the same.
Growing up in the woods of Florida you become all too familiar with them.
Yes, exactly. We've called them banana spiders while knowing there are totally different spiders elsewhere in the world that are actually real banana spiders. We've called them orb weavers. I guess Joro is the new name now.
Growing up in the woods of Florida you become all too familiar with them.
https://www.imagineourflorida.org/banana-spider/