Our resident Gecko
The other day I was getting a box of Christmas decorations out of the garage, something fell onto my head and I brushed it off quickly thinking it was a spider. Though my sister thought it was a lizard. I wondered how a little skink could get up there in the rafters, well perhaps now that becomes clearer.
This evening I walked into the kitchen and through the corner of my eye I thought I saw a huntsman creeping across the wall. Nope, it was a gecko. Most people think of geckos as little green things, but no this one was brown; most likely a Southern Marbled Gecko. I never really would have thought there would be geckos in Melbourne, though these things are apparently quite common. However, they are apparently nocturnal creatures and as such, quite shy of the light.
Even if it is a bit creepy, at least it’s keeping the spider population down. In fact it’s probably feasting on some right now.
Edit: After all the rain and storms we’ve had, it may well have been looking for somewhere dry rather than being a regular inhabitant of our kitchen.
Update (27th Dec 2007): Our gecko friend was spotted again last night, above the same cupboards that he retreated towards last time. So seems he has made his home there! Being incredibly shy of the light, he only comes out when the lights are out and if the lights are turned on, he retreats back to his hiding place behind the cupboards. I suspect he also feasts on the introduced American Cockroach, which is at least nice to think.