Just a glimpse of a photograph supposedly showing a "Giant Hawaiian Cane Spider" that was circulated via Facebook in June 2015 was enough to send arachnophobes scrambling for a safe place to hide:
This morning I heard something climbing around on the outside of my townhouse. I thought maybe it was the maintenance people repairing the Hardiplank siding, but when I got outside I saw this giant spider! The very rare Giant Hawaiian Cane Spider can grow up to six feet across. They are 'mostly harmless' but scary as hell.
