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Skinks
Speaking of lizards, I had one of these show up in my garden last year
for the first time. :-) http://www.eoni.com/~neener/skinks.html Pretty pretty! That's what I like about organic gardening. You get more pretty little predators move in. I have plenty of toads, anoles, western fence lizards and geckos, and now, skinks. :-) K. -- Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... "There are many intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats! -- Asimov ,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
Skinks
Yes, these are a bit more shy than the anoles and fence lizards. I have these
living out back by the brush pile. On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:41:28 -0600, Katra opined: Speaking of lizards, I had one of these show up in my garden last year for the first time. :-) http://www.eoni.com/~neener/skinks.html Pretty pretty! That's what I like about organic gardening. You get more pretty little predators move in. I have plenty of toads, anoles, western fence lizards and geckos, and now, skinks. :-) K. |
Skinks
Last year we had several instances of a very small, flat, translucent/brown
lizard inside our house. When I tried to capature it to toss it outside, the tail would break off. Any idea what species it might have been? C. "Katra" wrote in message ... Speaking of lizards, I had one of these show up in my garden last year for the first time. :-) http://www.eoni.com/~neener/skinks.html Pretty pretty! That's what I like about organic gardening. You get more pretty little predators move in. I have plenty of toads, anoles, western fence lizards and geckos, and now, skinks. :-) K. -- Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... "There are many intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats! -- Asimov ,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
Skinks
Last year we had several instances of a very small, flat, translucent/brown
lizard inside our house. When I tried to capature it to toss it outside, the tail would break off. Any idea what species it might have been? C. "Katra" wrote in message ... Speaking of lizards, I had one of these show up in my garden last year for the first time. :-) http://www.eoni.com/~neener/skinks.html Pretty pretty! That's what I like about organic gardening. You get more pretty little predators move in. I have plenty of toads, anoles, western fence lizards and geckos, and now, skinks. :-) K. -- Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... "There are many intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats! -- Asimov ,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
Skinks
cledus wrote:
Last year we had several instances of a very small, flat, translucent/brown lizard inside our house. When I tried to capature it to toss it outside, the tail would break off. Any idea what species it might have been? It was a gecko. You've got to be very careful capturing them, because they can release their tails without being pulled on. I always try to guide them into a box and take the whole box outside. If you try it with just your hands, the gecko always ends up in two pieces. |
Skinks
cledus wrote:
Last year we had several instances of a very small, flat, translucent/brown lizard inside our house. When I tried to capature it to toss it outside, the tail would break off. Any idea what species it might have been? It was a gecko. You've got to be very careful capturing them, because they can release their tails without being pulled on. I always try to guide them into a box and take the whole box outside. If you try it with just your hands, the gecko always ends up in two pieces. |
Skinks
In article ,
"cledus" wrote: Last year we had several instances of a very small, flat, translucent/brown lizard inside our house. When I tried to capature it to toss it outside, the tail would break off. Any idea what species it might have been? C. Most likely Mediterranean House Geckos. http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/sh...pID=7&shapeID= 1059&curPageNum=4&recnum=AR0059 I have them all over, and they breed in my attic. I get very, very few palmetto bugs anymore, and the cats get whatever ones get past the geckos. ;-) K. -- Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... "There are many intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats! -- Asimov ,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
Skinks
In article ,
"cledus" wrote: Last year we had several instances of a very small, flat, translucent/brown lizard inside our house. When I tried to capature it to toss it outside, the tail would break off. Any idea what species it might have been? C. Most likely Mediterranean House Geckos. http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/sh...pID=7&shapeID= 1059&curPageNum=4&recnum=AR0059 I have them all over, and they breed in my attic. I get very, very few palmetto bugs anymore, and the cats get whatever ones get past the geckos. ;-) K. -- Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... "There are many intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats! -- Asimov ,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
Skinks
In article ,
Brian Anderson wrote: cledus wrote: Last year we had several instances of a very small, flat, translucent/brown lizard inside our house. When I tried to capature it to toss it outside, the tail would break off. Any idea what species it might have been? It was a gecko. You've got to be very careful capturing them, because they can release their tails without being pulled on. I always try to guide them into a box and take the whole box outside. If you try it with just your hands, the gecko always ends up in two pieces. I just clap my entire palm over them, then slide my fingers around so that I grasp them right behind the head. :-) I can nearly always get them intact, providing the cats did not find them first! Then there is no tail left to worry about. G Most of the ones I find are newborn babies. They hatch in the attic, and fall thru the ductwork. K. -- Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... "There are many intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats! -- Asimov ,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
Skinks
In article ,
Brian Anderson wrote: cledus wrote: Last year we had several instances of a very small, flat, translucent/brown lizard inside our house. When I tried to capature it to toss it outside, the tail would break off. Any idea what species it might have been? It was a gecko. You've got to be very careful capturing them, because they can release their tails without being pulled on. I always try to guide them into a box and take the whole box outside. If you try it with just your hands, the gecko always ends up in two pieces. I just clap my entire palm over them, then slide my fingers around so that I grasp them right behind the head. :-) I can nearly always get them intact, providing the cats did not find them first! Then there is no tail left to worry about. G Most of the ones I find are newborn babies. They hatch in the attic, and fall thru the ductwork. K. -- Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... "There are many intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats! -- Asimov ,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
Skinks
The description for the House Gecko sounds about right - pinkish/brown and
translucent. But the photo on the web site looks nothing like it. We occaisionally get this one in the house. I assume they must have been a babies since the were only 1.5" to 2" long. During summer months, I see the bright green lizards (Anoles) crawling around the shrubbery quite often. "Katra" wrote in message ... In article , "cledus" wrote: Last year we had several instances of a very small, flat, translucent/brown lizard inside our house. When I tried to capature it to toss it outside, the tail would break off. Any idea what species it might have been? C. Most likely Mediterranean House Geckos. http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/sh...pID=7&shapeID= 1059&curPageNum=4&recnum=AR0059 I have them all over, and they breed in my attic. I get very, very few palmetto bugs anymore, and the cats get whatever ones get past the geckos. ;-) K. -- Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... "There are many intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats! -- Asimov ,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
Skinks
The description for the House Gecko sounds about right - pinkish/brown and
translucent. But the photo on the web site looks nothing like it. We occaisionally get this one in the house. I assume they must have been a babies since the were only 1.5" to 2" long. During summer months, I see the bright green lizards (Anoles) crawling around the shrubbery quite often. "Katra" wrote in message ... In article , "cledus" wrote: Last year we had several instances of a very small, flat, translucent/brown lizard inside our house. When I tried to capature it to toss it outside, the tail would break off. Any idea what species it might have been? C. Most likely Mediterranean House Geckos. http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/sh...pID=7&shapeID= 1059&curPageNum=4&recnum=AR0059 I have them all over, and they breed in my attic. I get very, very few palmetto bugs anymore, and the cats get whatever ones get past the geckos. ;-) K. -- Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... "There are many intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats! -- Asimov ,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
Skinks
The newborns do look a bit different. :-)
Far more slender! The size of Gecko eggs amazes me when I compare them to the size of an adult female gecko! That's got to hurt. G The babies are more slim and streamlined, not fat like the adults, very translucent. Odds are, they are breeding in your attic just like mine are. What I get in the house are also mostly newborns. Teensy little beasties! I try to pin them gently behind the head to get them outside without breaking their tails off. You will only see adult geckos at night. They are nocturnal. I used to have several hang out around the bug zapper when I had one... K. In article , "cledus" wrote: The description for the House Gecko sounds about right - pinkish/brown and translucent. But the photo on the web site looks nothing like it. We occaisionally get this one in the house. I assume they must have been a babies since the were only 1.5" to 2" long. During summer months, I see the bright green lizards (Anoles) crawling around the shrubbery quite often. "Katra" wrote in message ... In article , "cledus" wrote: Last year we had several instances of a very small, flat, translucent/brown lizard inside our house. When I tried to capature it to toss it outside, the tail would break off. Any idea what species it might have been? C. Most likely Mediterranean House Geckos. http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/sh...pID=7&shapeID= 1059&curPageNum=4&recnum=AR0059 I have them all over, and they breed in my attic. I get very, very few palmetto bugs anymore, and the cats get whatever ones get past the geckos. ;-) K. -- Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... "There are many intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats! -- Asimov ,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...e=0&user id=k atra -- Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... "There are many intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats! -- Asimov ,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
Skinks
The newborns do look a bit different. :-)
Far more slender! The size of Gecko eggs amazes me when I compare them to the size of an adult female gecko! That's got to hurt. G The babies are more slim and streamlined, not fat like the adults, very translucent. Odds are, they are breeding in your attic just like mine are. What I get in the house are also mostly newborns. Teensy little beasties! I try to pin them gently behind the head to get them outside without breaking their tails off. You will only see adult geckos at night. They are nocturnal. I used to have several hang out around the bug zapper when I had one... K. In article , "cledus" wrote: The description for the House Gecko sounds about right - pinkish/brown and translucent. But the photo on the web site looks nothing like it. We occaisionally get this one in the house. I assume they must have been a babies since the were only 1.5" to 2" long. During summer months, I see the bright green lizards (Anoles) crawling around the shrubbery quite often. "Katra" wrote in message ... In article , "cledus" wrote: Last year we had several instances of a very small, flat, translucent/brown lizard inside our house. When I tried to capature it to toss it outside, the tail would break off. Any idea what species it might have been? C. Most likely Mediterranean House Geckos. http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/sh...pID=7&shapeID= 1059&curPageNum=4&recnum=AR0059 I have them all over, and they breed in my attic. I get very, very few palmetto bugs anymore, and the cats get whatever ones get past the geckos. ;-) K. -- Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... "There are many intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats! -- Asimov ,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...e=0&user id=k atra -- Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... "There are many intelligent species in the universe, and they are all owned by cats! -- Asimov ,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
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