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Post by sheltie on Jul 9, 2013 10:52:14 GMT -5
I'm glad you asked. It's so hot that these two geckos died trying to cool off by trying to get INSIDE an outside electrical outlet!
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Post by gemfeller on Jul 9, 2013 11:29:26 GMT -5
It looks like their tails got fried off too! Was that due to the heat or an electrical short?
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Post by sheltie on Jul 9, 2013 12:15:48 GMT -5
Nah, I tried to pull them out by the tails but the tails just fell off. These are (were) just babies. Most of the ones around here are about 4-6" long and green. Really pretty when they're alive although my wife sure hates it when they get in the house.
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Post by Geoff on Jul 9, 2013 12:19:34 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2013 13:11:40 GMT -5
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Post by sheltie on Jul 9, 2013 15:07:47 GMT -5
The one's we have here (central Texas)are smooth skinned rather than bumpy. I don't think their real name is gecko but that's what people around here call them. And I think you're right about both trying to occupy the same space at the same time.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2013 15:56:05 GMT -5
if they live on the walls they are geckos. There are smooth skinned species if house gecko too.
The two in your picture have bumpy skin.
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 9, 2013 16:12:33 GMT -5
I think the green lizards mentioned are green Anoles. Both the green and brown anoles are common in local towns but not so much in the country around here. Mediterranean geckos are all over our porch at night and are splendid bug control. I really love those little lizards. Really aggressive and eat big bugs. The heat is really driving stuff inside right now. My shop is full of scorpions and my count around the house is up to 57 scorpions, two Brown recluse Spiders, two scorpion stings and three fire ant attacks now. *L*.....Mel
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Post by sheltie on Jul 9, 2013 18:24:50 GMT -5
Anoles! That's what they are. It's just easier to say "gecko". If they are supposed to be good for bug control, the ones that frequent my back yard and porch aren't doing their jobs because the mosquitos are winning the war. Every time I come in from outside it looks like I was in a knife fight.
I forgot to add that they do seem to live on the walls of the house (stucco) and seem to particularly love the venetian blind slats on the back porch.
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Post by Sabre52 on Jul 9, 2013 20:04:14 GMT -5
Yeah, we have a stone house and it's gecko and scorpion central at night. Those geckos swallow some really huge insects. I've seen them with moths and roaches almost half the size of the lizard. Danged bark scorpions kill and eat my baby geckos though....Mel
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