AUĒ AUĒ CENTIPEDES ON A LAUHALA MAT - MARCH 21, 2026 - APRIL 11, 2026

Dried Lauhala from the Pandanus Tree

were `Ulana (weaved) into this Moeana (Lauhala mat)

Kanapī (Centipedes) made from Lauhala

“crawls all over your feet” Loggins and Messina

Saturday afternoons in February and March of 2026 were spent at the Honolulu Museum of Art learning the Native Hawaiian practice of `Ulana (weaving). Jordan Paguirigan taught us the cultural significance of Hala (Pandanus) and its importance to Hawaiʻi. We learned how to clean, cut, and strip lau hala (leaves) to prepare for weaving. Our weaving projects included bracelets, mats, and earrings. Our class bonded on our visit to the Museum. We weaved, laughed, and shared this wonderful art of `Ulana with our mascot "Centipede" and along the way we learned how we can preserve the tradition and art form.

The Spring 2026 Student Art Exhibition Opening will be at the Honolulu Museum of Art on April 11, 2026, from 10 am to 12 pm. The Honolulu Museum of Art will be presenting a reception for a community to get together to celebrate the creative accomplishments, dedication, and imagination of the student's work from the winter classes.

Scutigera coleoptrata species of Centipede one may have been found in the Hawaiian Islands.

Bothropolys maluhianus is a native Hawaiian species of Centipede found in the Hawaiian Islands.

Lithobius moananus is a species of Centipede found in the Hawaiian Islands.

Nyctunguis bryanus is a native Hawaiian species of geophilomorph Centipede found in the Hawaiian Islands.

Scolopendra subspinipes is the most common Centipede that has the most painful sting.

Scolopendra morsitans was found in Hawai`i, in 2014 by the Dana Anne Yee Foundation.

ABSTRACT: Scolopendra morsitans L., 1758, is documented from Honolulu, O`ahu, Hawaiian Islands, the first record of this anthropochoric chilopod from both the archipelago and state. Hawai`i thus becomes the second American state to harbor the species, the other being Florida, where an individual has been taken in Jacksonville, Duval County. Meristic and morphological data are presented for three Hawaiian specimens. At least two other species of Scolopendra, both introduced, occur on these islands: S. polymorpha Wood, 1861, known only from one specimen from O`ahu, and one or more representatives of the “S. subspinipes Leach, 1815, complex,” which is widespread and even inhabits Midway Atoll.

Dana Anne Yee Foundation

www.day1foundtion.org

for the early detection of invasive pest species

to Keep our beautiful Hawai`i Green