John calls them our Pet-sts

On Monday, the Green School hosted an Education Conference, so I went to school with Ramses to listen and learn.  I sat next to my Mangrove Cleanup partner who lives in the Green School Eco Village in one of the amazing Bamboo Villas.  I asked him if he still loved it now that it's rainy season.  He said he did still love it.  But lately, every night at 6 PM bugs, similar to dragonflies come in, attracted to the light.  They mate and die and the geckos eat them and they are gone before the morning.  That story made me glad I did NOT live in the Eco Village!

Tonight as we were eating pizza in the kitchen, Ramses noticed some dragonfly like bugs flying under our doorframes and into our kitchen. They were everywhere, swarming and maybe mating?  We didn't really look closely.   We fled the kitchen and ran upstairs to our movie room (tiny upstairs room with a TV). The video does not do the invasion justice. https://photos.app.goo.gl/f3YyeA93kV2mXcNP6


The creepy part is that when we brought the dishes back downstairs all the bugs were GONE.  None flying, none on the floor. Just many frisky, and full looking geckos.

Love this place.

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