Saturday, April 7, 2018

G is for GECKO

G-GECKO

Gold Dust Day Gecko
Even though when you visit Hawai'i you will see Geckos and Anoles everywhere there are NO native Reptiles or Amphibians in Hawai'i. Anything you see in the Islands no matter how cool or at home it seems came here either accidentally intentionally due to someones misinformed Idea that it would be a good Idea to help control some other introduced pest.

Do you remember the childrens song about and Old Lady that swallowed a fly, then swallowed a spider to catch the fly and on and on it went. Well Hawai'i has become like that. And it is a little hard to stop now.
The Geckos do have their uses they help keep the insect population down and they also help keep the Gecko population down as the bigger and more aggressive Anoles from Florida eat ANYTHING they can catch.
Green Anole
 Sadly they also eat the Honey Bees we need for pollination and even baby birds at times. They also make it very hard to keep the house clean as the little Brown House Geckos only come out at night to hunt for food and while hunting they POOP everywhere. 


House Gecko
 




Oh well it is just one more small price for living in my small slice of Paradise.



6 comments:

  1. As a tourist visiting Hawaii, I loved the little geckos. I didn't know they weren't native to the area.
    Enjoy your day off from blogging, Nancy. Looking forward to reading you again on Monday.

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  2. I was really suprised too. In fact very little of the wildlif you see is native.

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  3. We get herons walking through the neighborhood plucking the anoles off the bushes. Florida is home to all sorts of non-native things. Of course, everyone knows about the pythons. But also pretty birds like quaker parrots and nanday conures that feed at our bird feeders daily.

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  4. If you do not already have some, get cats! Ours love hunting and eating geckos.

    In our previous home, the geckos crawled on the ceiling, causing me to sleep with the sheet over my head for fear of eating gecko poo in my sleep. Now we have a suspended ceiling and they stay on the walls, making me happy sleeping with an uncovered head.

    Really enjoying your posts, Nancy!

    Emily In Ecuador | Greenery Delivered to Your Door in Puerto Lopez

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  5. They look delightful, but they poop would put me off. Now I need to see an Anole - well a photo at least.

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  6. Such a wonderful variety of colors and sizes! I love lizards, geckos, salamanders and the whole let. I laugh and call them "wizards".

    Donna B. McNicol|Author and Traveler
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