No, they got 'em on the mainland too, but mainly in the southwest, and not in north carolina. This just freaked me out, because I've never seen one before...unless you count those German guys with the long hair from the 80's.
Somehow this thread is starting to remind me of Brady's Go to Hawaii... hmmm... maybe that one was a spider. You haven't been carrying around any ancient cursed tiki dolls have you?