Maui coqui

[terracore]

The folks in Volcano have climate on their side. The cooler temperatures aren't coqui-friendly and I'm not sure they have the tons-per-acre of edible pests the coqui need to thrive on either. I applaud their efforts up there but I'm not sure their efforts are easily replicated elsewhere.

The yard around our house in Orchidland is virtually coqui-free. Some would argue the army of chickens we have that keep it that way isn't worth it (sometimes when hosing their crap off our porch, I wonder too) but on the other hand we haven't purchased eggs in years. We still hear plenty coqui in the distance, but the coqui beat us here so we don't know a Hawaii without them.

I'm sure in places that are drier or cooler, coqui eradication using the techniques we know now are possible, but once they are established, eradication is impossible and control is expensive. Monsanto or Oxitech could probably come up with a solution in 2-3 years, but too many people think Spiderman is real, so they won't let them bring a solution like that to market.

[kalakoa]

Monsanto or Oxitech could probably come up with a solution in 2-3 years

No need: once ROD takes out all the ohia, it will be too dry for coqui.

[Obie]

From The UH Manoa website :

"Coqui frogs belong to a genus of frogs that do not have a tadpole stage and therefore do not require a body of water to reproduce. Instead, the female lays the eggs on damp moss or leaf litter, or inside a rolled or folded leaf, and the eggs are brooded by the male, who keeps them moist until they hatch."

All I did was eliminate these places closest to my house.The males climb the trees to call but eventually move far enough from the house to not be a bother.I have neatly mowed grass on one side of our bedroom and bare lava on the otherside.