We have all the things you mentioned from Maui - plus +++
I'd been out gardening the last 2 days and came accross a good number of centipedes - just that here in OZ they don't have bright red legs so they're even harder to spot in a pile of dirt. Might even mistake them for a fat worm if you only see their head.
And now (what we call 'winter') is the only time to do some serious gardening, because later in the year you have to be careful with snakes, too!
Just a few: brown snakes, copperheads, red belly black snakes, clarence river rough scale, carpet snakes, and numerous tree snakes. Brown snakes and clarence river rough scale are bloody aggressive and can grow up to 10 feet long. I'd been once chased by a brown for 20 or 30 metres uphill (downhill you don't have a chance), another time I picked up a small one in a pile of garden mulch - that went flying real fast ;)
A few years ago I drove at night along a country road, and just behind a crest there was this carpet python stretching across the entire road: as thick as a man's leg, around 8-9 metres long (that's about 30 feet) - no chance to brake so I drove straight over it - it slowly moved on without any sign of damage!
But I don't mind - just have to get used to them!
I still prefer it here to the cold and wet winters in Germany
Brrr - all these grey and unpleasant days.