Subject: Re: OT Critter Trouble
Author: daveparksDate: 18 Jul
Ref:
Black widows? Yikes.
We don't have many spiders; the "long-legged" kind hang out around the
inside of our garage light - and I don't remember the last time I even
saw a cockroach - mostly I guess, due to the little pink geckos and
green lizards that are all over the place. Seriously, the green
'chameleon' types hang out during the day, displaying the bright red
underside of their mouths - but once the sun goes down, they go 'in'
and 'out' come the pink/brownish geckos. I guess most insects don't
stand a chance.
A few other "visitors" of the reptile family we've encountered
recently have been these bad boys;
http://tinyurl.com/56b3z7
http://tinyurl.com/6kseb3
Those are two photos of the same one - but I've found a total of four
exactly like this one, in our flower beds and lawn; plus two very
large adults ( 'bout 2lbs or so and 9"-10" in length) on my driveway.
Best I can figure, one came up from a nearby golf course water-hazard
and laid eggs somewhere in my landscaping - I've looked all over but
haven't found hide nor hair of a nest.
We rinsed the adults off with a garden hose and gave them a light
scrubbing with an old toothbrush to remove some of the algae which had
grown on their shell - the little ones get taken inside for a quick
shave and a haircut before we walk them back out to the nearest water-
hazard and release'em.
Needless to say, I now do my yard in a full alert mode.
