A Report on Oahu ] s Offshore Islets 
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011 ^ ao eastern coast of Oahu lie a number of small islands. The flora 
o.auna associated with Lhese islands are similar in some cases but clif— 
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nedly in others, meir distances from Oahu*i shoreline ranae from 
<-v^Ouo 200 yarns no about 2 miles; some being easily accessible by people. 
I have had the opportunity to visit a number of these islands (or islets) 
-or one purpose 01 collecting mosquitoes* My primary purpose being to find 
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engorged mosquitoes and secondarily to determine if, and when , mosquitoes 
a_’u oo oe found on these islands at all. There are fev; reports’ stating that 
mo^qui i,oeo nave been seen on some of these islands, however it must be 
>enough's uo attention that, there is a small lepidopteran (moth) that inhabi 
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oruohj areu.s o±. many (if not all) of these islands. These can very easii 
Je oajCen 1 "’ or nosquiuoes because their appearance and flight pattern very 
oj-osoly resemble that of a mosquito, and at a distance the two can easily be 
confused. 
.-•ai:/ Oi the offshore islands are bird refuges and because of this, much 
souay has been done (and is still being done) on them.. The Smithsonian In¬ 
stitution is presently conducting studies on these islands and my particular 
ohanks go to them for making it possible for me to gain access to these 
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■ v y smeerest tnanks also go to Dr. John R_ Hendrickson who is director of 
tnG ° 20CLnic Institute, having its headquarters, at Sea Life Park on the wind¬ 
ward side of Oahu just opposite from Rabbit Island. Dr. Hendrickson has pro- 
viued me with transportation to Rabbit Island on several occasions. 
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idaition to collecting mosquito data, it is the purpose of this report 
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uu ^ Ve an P cc ount of some of the notable characteristics which thes 
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-U'/O. Jin idea of the vegetationras well as the bird and animal life present 
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