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Hi Tim, We will be kitty corner neighbors with Pam Jones and and her husband Ralph! Pam and I attended the Punaparty together and left my car at our Eden Roc properties. When we returned after dark to pick up my car, Pam stopped her truck and we rolled down the windows to listen. All we heard were crickets, it was very quiet and peaceful. Don't know if it was the temp or they haven't advanced that far yet. On Palainui and aro 10-11 there is an infestation I'm told so time will tell!
This morning while having my coffee on the back deck here in No. Cal it was 52 degrees and it seemed warm and so pleasant. We are wondering how long it takes to acclimate and think 52 degrees is way too cold! LOL
My morning pondering, wondered to this question. Does the hydrated lime kill the geckos also??
Aloha, Mella L
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Yes, also anoles, salamanders, earthworms and slugs and their kin, some of which are beneficial humus makers. That's why I only lime when the noise gets to be TOO much. For me it's easiest to apply it dry, hurling it into the woods. Earlier on this thread Pam J. asked if my frog neighbor was still around. He died of heart failure in '03, I think partly caused by guilt/stress over what he had done and the animosity from all his neighbors.
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Oh Hutch so sad to hear that about your neighbor and also that this stuff kills everything in it's path. Does the county recognize that all the beneficials get killed also. Hell if we kill off all the geckos ect then we will end up with endless mosquitoes and perhaps West Nile Virus, a biggie here in No. Cal. Guess Clorox in a bottle or squirt gun and single targeting a small population to keep it at bay will be our tactic until it all gets out of hand.
Hay you tried the fly paper suggestion, wrap it around tree trunks apx 4 feet off the ground? Or perhaps HADaves suggestion of tangle foot? Oh the complications.
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I'm sure the county and state must know the consquences, but haven't heard them mention it. Using flypaper or tanglefoot would be pretty daunting for me, I have a couple hundred big Ohia on my lot, many covered in Monstera and other vines, and at least that many palms if you count each Areca in a clump. Also, my new next door neighbor is a palm collector and over the past 3 years has planted hundreds of them, many right on my property line as a hedge.
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in eden roc where there were hundreds a few years ago there are now thousands, they are rapidly making their way towards the back. they are loud, however with the cool weather we've had it's been quiet until last week, now they're back at it. i guess i'm fortuate that they don't keep me awake, yet, but with all the increased activity(building)the traffic noise is worse. they race up and down the main roads all hours of the night and day. what a difference a few years makes, what we moved here for(peace and quiet)now seems lost.
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Hello Leilainiguy, Hearing about your neighbor (the one I called a moron) made me feel about the size of a, he-hum, frog. I am so sorry and certainly meant no disrespect and would hope that the frog situation alone was not the cause of his death. Pam 2 (per Mella as of this morning). Aloha all and pardon me while I eat a little crow now.
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Oops, that shoulda gone to Hutch. A little more coffee and I will be fine. As for the white noise, the beauty of this cool winter has been the lack of needing a fan so I don't know yet how noisy it will be come summer.
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Aloha Pam (2), No harm no foul, you didn't know, and we still cuss him every day (night)anyway, for what he did. PS I'm both Hutch and leilaniguy, Hutch is my nickname, leilaniguy my online moniker.
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March 21 Frog Eradication program notice hubby was sent:
Aloha Community Groups,
Thank you very much for your efforts toward coqui frog eradication andcontrol. The Hawaii Department of Agriculture in coordination with the Coqui Frog Work Group will provide a pesticide use training class and sprayer demonstration on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm at the Komohana Agricultural Complex in Hilo. The complex is located at 875 Komohana St.
Please RSVP with head count from your community by March 13, 2006.
Please contact Howard Lontoc at 961-8066 if you have any questions.
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In response to the question about real estate purchases and the Coqui - when we purchased in March of 2004 - we received a notice about the Coqui and had to sign something saying we were aware it could be a problem. I thought it was standard practice. Have only heard one where we are in Mountain View, that was about 6 months or so ago and we don't hear it anymore. It would be impossible for us to keep them out if they came - real dense guava and ohia - it's hard to even walk through the forest.
