Let's Talk About Spiders In Hawaii (buying a home, buying, scorpions)

[ILoveLidoBeach]

Last night I was flipping through channels and I found a show called " Buying Hawaii". It showed a family planning on buying a home in Hawaii. The Realtor would take them to 3 houses and they would naturally select one and buy it.

Anyway, they said on the show that 7 people in Hawaii die each year from Black Widow bites. Is that true? I'm betting the show was trying to create some drama with that info.

Can we get some feedback on the attack of the killer spiders in Hawaii?

[mdand3boys]

I haven't ever heard of that happening around here, but I suppose it is possible.
Don't the black widow spiders like drier areas?

[scgali]

I haven't heard of that at all here. We found black widows all the time at our house in California though.

[hotzcatz]

Let's see, you're watching "reality" TV again, eh? That's about like believing everything that is online, although this is online so you don't have to believe us, either.

I'm surprised they picked black widows we've got much scarier cane spiders. Cane spiders are BIG and wander around instead of making webs.

But, nope, nobody in Hawaii has died of Black Widow bites that I've ever heard of. Let alone seven of them a year! Perhaps they meant seven spider bites per year or something. Well, it's reality TV and it's in the script, no doubt.

[Jungjohann]

Well, if you saw it on 'Reality TV', and then backed it up with the internet, it must be true. Coincidently, more people die from un-provoked cannibal attacks every year in Hawaii than succumb to Black Widow bites.

Just Google it

[ILoveLidoBeach]

LOL I figured everyone would laugh when they read that post. Maybe if they find out about the "un-provoked cannibal attacks" they will have that on their next show!

The lurking cane spiders can have their own show. Hotcatz don't say it too loud or the Kardashians will pick up on it and be flying in to start a reality show about it!

I had never heard of it before but I thought OK maybe there is something I missed. Now I have to look into the cannibals and cane spiders

[OpenD]

Originally Posted by ILoveLidoBeach

Anyway, they said on the show that 7 people in Hawaii die each year from Black Widow bites. Is that true? I'm betting the show was trying to create some drama with that info.

Yeah, that show is written... what, you didn't know "reality" shows are scripted?... in New Yawk City, so lots of interesting "whoopsies" make it to the screen.

Medical literature says there has never been a death from a Black Widow bite in the United States, ever; and there have only been three in the entire world, ever... two in Madagascar, and one in Greece, all from a different, more dangerous variety than the three we have.

Relax, the cannibals are much worse than the spiders.

[smarino]

I never saw any poisonous spiders when I lived on the Big Island. They may have been around but I never saw any, and I never heard of anyone being bit by them (unlike here in Florida). However, the centipedes, and the scorpions on Kona side, are not to be trifled with.

[KaraBenNemsi]

Scorpions are very tiny and only to be found along the shore lines. Haven't seen in one in close to ten years. Short legged Crab spiders are a common occurrence in the coffee fields and gardens in Kona. The large version with long legs/yellow markings was used in 'LOST" and called 'Medusa Spider', supposedly paralyzing people with its bite. Not true of course; their bite is like a tiny prick and doesn't itch for more than a minute.

[ILoveLidoBeach]

Open D I knew you would have all the correct data and would get a kick out of this post. You are always a wealth of CORRECT info Reality shows aren't really true? LOL

Thanks to Kara and smarino.....It amazes me how false info gets started so it is good to have people give testimony as to how untrue the reports of the "killer spiders" are not true.