We arrived in St. Croix in good order on Saturday. Our flights were uneventful. We found our rental car where we expected it. We arrived at the cottages before they were quite ready to check us in, so we went to the grocery store and put in some supplies. Philip and Richard arrived on Sunday, and we've been enjoying the sun, sand, and waves.
Someone pointed out the frangipani caterpillars. They eat plants that have toxic sap and sequester the poisons, hence the warning coloration. They're immense and very striking. If you pick them up, they thrash violently, which is pretty scary.
We've put out traps for mongooses. This afternoon, we'll go back out to the field to see how many we've caught.
So far, all is going perfectly.
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