the figure on the manila anatomical bookmark is against a dark ink background. their body is colored in dark green-blue, with vibrant trans pride flag colors across their body diagonally, the white at their lower abdomen. Their face is drawn in extreme concern. A speech bubble shows them asking, "is there a less invasive option?" a drawing of a disembodied white coat,with jagged edges and allmost glitch-like shaking lines is before them. The white coat also has a speech bubble, and replies, "this is the less invasive option."
Officially known as Trichonephila clavata, the East Asian Joro spider first arrived in Georgia around 2013. The species is native to Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China, and likely hitched a ride stateside on a shipping container.
The species has since rapidly spread across the state and much of the Southeast. Joro spiders easily number in the millions now. And there’s not much we can do to stop them from increasing their range.