Kaua'i has no poisonous animals or insects, but they have some pretty cool looking spiders(!). There are centipedes that can bite you (thankfully we have plenty of chickens to eat them!, a few scorpions (very rare) as well as mosquitos (introduced probably during the whaling industry's peak in the 1850s). But perhaps the best thing is that there are no snakes in all of Hawai'i!
Nonetheless, the spiders are still my favorite.
Check 'em out:
Nonetheless, the spiders are still my favorite.
Check 'em out:
Cane (?) Spider
Crab Spider
First introduced to control a pest... apparently it didn't work so well.
First introduced to control a pest... apparently it didn't work so well.
Crab Spider
The latin name means thorn belly.
The latin name means thorn belly.
Cane (?) Spider
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