Appreciating the Kauai Cane Spider

One of our monastics recently captured this shot of our friendly Kauai Cane Spiders. They are rather huge, spanning up to 5 inches across, so its common for people to find them quite scary. However, they are harmless and will likely just run at the sight of you. This male was found in our kitchen. It is actually highly recommended that if you have these in your house, you don't try to remove them. They are beneficial in that they control other insect populations such as cockroaches. Unlike other spiders, they don't weave webs, but rather come out at night to hunt.

A big, beautiful cane spider

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s helping to keep our kitchen bug-free'

Also on Kauai, we just finished the large front of rain that had arrived from the downgraded hurricane. So we\

re quite alright for anyone wondering. '

The excess of rain has also cause mushrooms to crop up everywhere you look.

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