Not as tough as I seem

[Lee M-S]

They're definitely more common in lower Puna, where it's warmer. I killed over 20 of the big ones during the 6 months I lived in a slab house in Hawaiian Beaches--including one that came up out of the drain when I was brushing my teeth (eeeeeeyah!). We kept BBQ tongs and a pair of scissors handy. I've only seen one here in Mt. View, and that was in a stack of flower pots I had just gotten from somebody in lower Puna.

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