"Probably cry, like 1straight up...just I would run." 

The thought of a flying-8-inch spider is 2nothing short of a 3real-life nightmare. While some hate them, others think we should 4leave them alone. 

"They deserve to live too. I mean, they're just trying to survive and get by. Eight inches might be a little big." 

Good thing 5Syracuse has around 10 years to prepare for the so-called 6invasion. 

"They might eventually get here but they are not going to show up this summer. And I truly cannot figure out where the sudden decision that they are going to be here this summer comes from." 

They're called Joro spiders and they most likely came over from Asia in a shipping container 11 years ago, which makes them an invasive species.

The spider was first discovered in Georgia and slowly spread to neighboring states where it 7sits now. It would take a mode of human travel like a car to get anywhere soon. 

"If there is a female that's about to lay eggs and she happens to be on a swing set, and that gets taken from South Carolina to New York to grandma's house for some reason, then you might have a 8satellite population." 

And to address the flying part, the spiders don't have wings, but baby spiders use what experts call "ballooning" to use their silk and the wind to take them somewhere 9random. 

"They're not eight-inch giant flying spiders." 

"It 10defies the laws of physics for that to happen." 

If you do see one of these 10 years down the road, leave it and its three-foot web alone. 

"Joro spiders are 11venomous, but they're in a big 12orb web that has silk in front and back. Unless you are picking up a Joro spider and have your finger near their 13fangs, truly, you're not going to 14get bitten by these guys."