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My wife and I were in Puna for our honeymoon last August, and one night we were driving back out to Kapoho Vacationland after dark. As we went through Lava Tree State Park (with windows up and stereo on), we began to hear this odd sound. As we got into the heart of the jungle tunnel it got really intense, so I pulled over and rolled down the window....it was one of the most bizarre things I have ever heard, and indeed quite deafening. We sat there for a minute in total darkness with this unbelievable noise wishing that we had an audio recorder with us. It's really impossible to explain it to someone who hasn't heard it.
Aloho,
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Thankyou all I've not had such a good laugh in a long time. I'm picturing old Elmer Fudd out here in the jungle hunting wittle frwogeez ssshh....
But what about Brad suggestion does not the hydrated lime trick work? How about something ultrasonic that we can't here and blows their little brains out. How about mothballs I use them here in Maine to keep a variety of critters from invading our space they smell a little funky but I haven't seen anything yet that they don't keep away......probably why we don't get much company anymore  ))
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Hydrated lime works, but only temporarily. They start coming back at the next hatching, usually after a few days of hard rain, and of course we can't spray the entire jungle, it's too inaccessible, and there are the tresspassing issues. A while back Malama O Puna, a local conservation group, touted their Great success in "eradicating" coquis from Lava Tree state park. Yeah right, what a joke! All they succeded in doing was making a big mess, driving the frogs off into the Nanawale forest, and on into Nanawale subdivision, Thanks a lot! And yes there still are frogs in the state park. One thing I know that shuts them up, at least momentarily, is earthquakes.
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Aloha
I am going to the Big Island for a few weeks in 4/06, to look for a house to buy. I was going to concentrate on the Puna area, but I may have to look for a drier area due to the frog problem. I know they would keep me awake. I have to sleep in a different bedroom (most of the time), because my wife snores, and the frogs sound even louder than her. Hope you can figure out how to stop them.
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Aloha Lew,unfortunately I don't think it matters where you look, according to the UHH Manoa coqui distribution map of Big Island 2005, there are several infestations in Kona and Kau including HOVE, following the belt road around the island.These frogs are different,they lay eggs on dry land, are born fully formed and chirping. they are spreading throughout every district, can live wherever trees, shrubs or grass grows. The state has officially given up on eradication here and on Maui.
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They are in Kona too and it seems the only area that is not liked by them is the area close to the shore line. I wonder if they have a built-in altitude device?
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LOL, the coqui conundrum!! By the by for those who haven't heard this little buggers in person, this is not a snipe hunt type deal. These frogs are real, although I haven't personally been bothered by them yet, we do plan on double paned windows and chickens! That's our best shot. Let you know say in December or so how that works out!
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You do get used to it! We don't have hardly any in Mt. View yet, but stayed in Pahoa for a month awhile back and they were annoying at first, but by the end of the trip, we could sleep right through them.
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I like em too, from a distance. They're kind of soothing, like crickets. But get one or two just outside your bedroom window, and, for me, sleep is out of the question. Earplugs help, but a dead frog is the solution.
And by the way John, thank you for the firewood. I was only on your lot for a couple of hours, but got a nice load. We raised our glasses to you around the firepit.
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My pleasure Brad, you can take as much wood as you want!
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