Maui coqui

[PaulW]

If anyone wants to know what coquis sound and look like:

http://mauimagazine.net/coqui-frogs/

I hope they feel good doing that spraying because it won't help get rid of the frogs, in my experience.

[bananahead]

It will help, youre one hundred percent wrong... if they catch it in time that can eradicate them...

Puna was lost MANY years ago, because MANY didnt JUMP and take the action to Kill them like you see here in Maui.. Not local schools promoting bringing in dead frogs for prizes BS like we saw in Puna a few yrs back lol, what a joke on OUR PART! look at any other part of the island/state and then look at Puna, Puna still has by far the worst coqui invasion STILL, over 15 yrs after introduced.. because private people in other place think positive and still fight them and actually care and try.... trying NEVER hurt, and it works at times to. iow they have a chance in reality, unlike your negative post above.. pfft... aloha

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[PaulW]

I wonder if either of you have actually tried applying citric acid to coquis.
It simply does not work. I applaud their efforts but as you can hear clearly in the video, they're not getting results.
Coquis can be eradicated from a small area but not like that. If the government was serious about this then I'm sure science would find a way.

I once saw the county spraying citric in my street. I asked them if they had good results. They didn't have a clue. Both of them had never even actually seen a coqui!

Glindakine, you live in Volcano so please don't think you can tell someone in HPP anything they don't already know about coquis.

[Durian Fiend]

I wasn't aware that Maui also suffered with these critters. Pulled up another article and read that some Haiku property owners refuse to allow MISC workers access to their properties for killing the little buggers. Even with full compliance of all property owners, it seems to me that the chances of eliminating the coqui would be practically nil because they're operating with inadequate weaponry. Nevertheless, their efforts are greatly appreciated by many.

[Kenney]

While my neighbor was in jail, his "friends" parked their old wrecks on his land and brought in coquis to our street. We just heard one or two for a couple of years, then the population exploded . We tried Boric Acid for years but it's pretty hard to get it up tall trees so they continue to thrive.
Not only are we "ground zero" for Rat Lungworm, but also Coqui. Nobody but us really cares. I haven't had a good night's sleep in 10 years.
I have no doubt that some deterrent will be developed now that they've reached Maui.

[Ino]

How many times have you tried to catch Coquis only to have them shut up when you get there? There’s a relatively new app to catch these guys called Coqui Mimic- if they hear a call from a another Coqui –your phone tha;ey are much more likely to respond;
http://download.cnet.com/Coqui-Mimic/300...56971.html

How it works;
http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu...in-Hawaii/

They are starting to show up in California;
http://www.scpr.org/news/2016/03/11/5814...rnia-s-qu/

For my house I just saturate, bomb the areas surrounding my house with big bags of Baking Soda from Costco flung out by hand. I now have no Coquis near my house. Don’t let them get into your walls as I attended seminars about the problem and once they’re in there it’s very difficult to get them out-Good Luck

[Lodestone]

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Originally posted by Ino
For my house I just saturate, bomb the areas surrounding my house with big bags of Baking Soda from Costco flung out by hand. I now have no Coquis near my house.

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Aloha Ino. How much Baking Soda do you use and how often? Will this still work if you have trees on your lot?

[Ino]

How much Baking Soda do you use and how often? Will this still work if you have trees on your lot?

First time use alot- maybe a cup per 10 square feet. Only need to do it another time if you hear the Coquis again. When I first started they seem to come back in waves but that's much more infrequent now. Baking soda dissolves quickly in water so after heavy rains or you're still hearing them -re-apply.

It doesn't take that much- just spread it as far and wide as you can or concentrate it near where the chirping was. With luck I think it's working as a barrier around our house.

I think Glinda's right they seem to be vulnerable just spreading it around the base of the trees. Maybe some part of their life cycle puts them on the ground. Try not to apply before heavy rain.

[leilanidude]

but it's pretty hard to get it up tall trees
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No need for that. They don't go above 6 to 8 feet anyway.

[Durian Fiend]

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Originally posted by glinda... But with persistence they can be eradicated.

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The hardest working woman I've ever met was unable to eradicate them at her place on Papaya Farms road. For years she had them mostly under control near her house, but finally they over saturated the place.
Dunno, but I suspect the major advantages you guys in Volcano area have are lower temperatures and vegetation less to their liking.
I've found that keeping vegetation away from the house (elevation 700 ft.) makes their distance noise tolerable. I do have three plants right next to the house though, one of which they like-Tahitian gardenia. The other two-night blooming jasmine and common gardenia-they thankfully avoid.