NEW JERSEY - The large and vividly colored Joro spiders are making their way north ... Joro females have colorful yellow, blue and red markings on their bodies and can measure three inches across ...

The females have striped legs and abdomens that look like "they've been dipped in a pool of swirling yellow, red ... not if," the spiders make their way to New York and New Jersey.

Giant black and yellow spiders the size of a human hand are due to arrive in northeastern US states this summer, including New Jersey and New York. Jorō spiders are an invasive species that ...