Evergreen Garden Club of Deer Isle Maine

  Smithsonian Article: Meet the Ecologist Who Wants You to Unleash the Wild on Your Backyard. Fed up with invasive species and sterile landscapes, Douglas Tallamy urges Americans to go native and go natural. Meet the Ecologist Who Wants You to Unleash the Wild on Your Backyard | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

  University of Georgia entomologist Nancy Hinkle said in a press release that these "beautiful creatures" offer "free pest control." "Joro spiders present us with excellent opportunities to suppress pests naturally, without chemicals, so I'm trying to convince people that having zillions of large spiders and their webs around is a good thing," Hinkle said. https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/zillions-of-big-spiders-are-about-to-invade-the-east-coast/ar-AAUXoKV?ocid=msedgntp&fbclid=IwAR2mssisI1vpy5T-DNGpy45enXbWozyyw76fCKYc-qXZSTU6cJQkKr3yEM0