All spider mites look like small spiders and other arachnids. They have an oval body with eight legs. Their mouthparts are called stylets. This needlelike structure pierces plants to suck out sap.

They have piercing-sucking mouthparts, known as chelicerae, which they use to feed on plants. Adult TSSM also have two large dark colored spots on the sides of their bodies hence their common name.

The massive spiders are spreading to new states including North Carolina. In fact, they've been spotted in one part of the Triad near Lexington, according to a map locator by the University of Georgia ...