“…Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae), or the rat lungworm, is the primary aetiologic agent of eosinophilic meningitis in humans worldwide, with recent reports of increased human infection, geographic spread and host expansion (Wang et al, 2008;Graeff-Teixeira et al, 2009;York et al, 2015;Niebuhr et al, 2020). These recent increases in human cases, as well as high A. cantonensis infection rates observed in wildlife, have identified Hawaii as a global hotspot of infection, while simultaneously highlighting gaps in knowledge surrounding local pathways for transmission (Cowie, 2013;Jarvi et al, 2018;Johnston et al, 2019;Niebuhr et al, 2019).…”