Unexpected encounter

[celticdragonfly]

I had an interesting encounter with some unexpected wildlife today:

I was getting the bag of fiberfill out of the bag from Hobby Lobby, to start working on the next part of Secret Project #2. And I found - a lizard!

Really a little guy.

So I took the bag outside, and after much work, convinced him to leave it.

Below is a picture of Mr. Lizard restored to the outside.

I really hope he's a nice harmless lizard, and I have no cause to regret releasing him. I shall be terribly embarrassed if somebody writes to tell me he's going to grow up to be poisonous or something.

Comments

[ciorstan.livejournal.com]

It is a 'house gecko' and indeed, harmless. They are much beloved of cats, though.

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Oh, good, glad to hear he's harmless.

I doubt cats would be much beloved by HIM, so I'm glad I found him first.

[joyeuse13.livejournal.com]

Awww, such lizardy cuteness!

[castiron.livejournal.com]

In the summer I'll have lizards crawling on the outside of my windowscreens at night; the light in the room attracts bugs, so it's their equivalent of a dining buffet. The late cat Amber _loved_ to watch them -- it was the Kitty Food Channel, I guess.

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

IIRC my mother gets that at her house, too. Wonder if it's the same species.

[bkseiver.livejournal.com]

Yes, same gecko. They live in the 4 courners of my carport and eat the moths the light attracts. They try their best to be butter-cream yellow. (I'm so-o-o yellow, I know they can't see me!) But they can't do it. The good news is that they have eaten the moth stage of the stinging catepillar that is attracted to oak trees. We've had next to no stinging catepillars at our house for 3 years!

All that said, they are NOT welcome IN my house. I don't care if they DO eat roaches - so do my cats, thank you very much.

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

They eat roaches? I must have had a baby one. I can more easily imagine a roach eating it.