Well, it's saturday here in Pohnpei, which means laundry and catching up on email. Later today we will be heading over to check out the ancient ruins of Nan Madol, and will finally have a chance to try Sakau (i.e., kava) tonight. Should be interesting! The trip is going really well so far. We have collected the lower elevation forests of the island fairly thoroughly, and finally made it up to the native palm forests at higher elevations yesterday. The native palm is Clinostigma pohnpeiensis, and the higher elevation forests are incredible, not to mention wet! Our species total so far is 109 species, with 5 of these being bioluminescent! I have added another photo of P. manipularis for you all, including one taking during the day. This species is by far the brightest of any bioluminescent taxon I have see so far. I can't wait to get out in the forests at night next week (once the moon starts rising late enough), to see how many more bioluminescent species we can find. I have also included a few additional shots to show our digs and the island.

Hope all are well,
b.