Friday, April 26, 2019

A Garden Visitor

  I spotted a visitor in the sunny garden this morning, a baby anole, from head to tail no longer than my thumb. Since anoles change color for camouflage like chameleons people often call them chameleons, but they’re not.  





  I assured him that he was quite welcome here since he dines on insects, and extolled the virtues of a mosquito course since we have a plethora of them that love to bite me.  Snakes and birds find anoles tasty and their defense is to ditch their tails which continue to wiggle after detachment.  The predator is left with the tail and the anole escapes.  
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12 comments:

  1. HuggybearApril 26, 2019 at 4:53 PM

    Anoles must be like geckos!
    Now way would I bang a gecko on my walls in Papua New Guinea - they
    thrived on mosquitoes and we had up there those that carried the malaria bug!
    However without a bed netting cover on at night they had a bad habit of falling off
    the ceiling and scaring the living daylights out of the unexpected by landing on them.
    Quite amusing for some but not the unaware visitor from "Down South" ie: Australia.
    My sister, Cheryl, on her visit to me at Dregerhaffen was terrified of them.
    Screams in the night were quite annoying for me, the sleeper - ha ha.
    Interesting post, Cynthia.
    Cheers
    Colin

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    1. HuggybearApril 26, 2019 at 4:54 PM

      Oosp - NO WAY instead of NOW WAY!
      I think I had the giggles when starting to write this up.
      Colin

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  2. RedApril 26, 2019 at 7:04 PM

    They sound like interesting little critters to have around. On the other hand I wouldn't want to be in Colin's position where they would fall on the bed.

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    1. HuggybearApril 27, 2019 at 9:03 PM

      red mate, better a gecko plonking itself on you than having an Anopheles mosquito
      buzzing around the bedroom biting you. Cerebral malaria is terrible and as I have had it twice
      and recovered I have no immune systems left.
      I'll take the plonk of the gecko or the green fellow in Cynthia's garden on me rather than any bitey
      mosquito.
      Cheers
      Colin

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  3. Margaret DApril 27, 2019 at 12:08 AM

    Handy to have about.

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  4. biebkriebelsApril 27, 2019 at 1:44 AM

    What a nice photo, it looks almost like anornament on her head!

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  5. Little Wandering WrenApril 27, 2019 at 3:52 AM

    Anything that is a mossie eater would be welcome at our place too!!
    Wren x

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  6. David M. Gascoigne,April 27, 2019 at 3:55 AM

    I am glad that you welcomed your little anole. I only wish we had them here where I would encourage them in any way I could. The ferns in your garden are quite splendid I must say.

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  7. BetsyApril 27, 2019 at 2:03 PM

    I hope he gets lots of bothersome insects for you. Great picture and I love your garden statue.

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  8. Fun60April 27, 2019 at 4:44 PM

    I didn't notice it until you zoomed in. An attractive little fella.

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  9. Henny PennyApril 27, 2019 at 5:56 PM

    He is so cute. I like lizards. Hope there is another one living inside my garden this summer.

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  10. Far Side of FiftyMay 5, 2019 at 7:53 PM

    I like his escape mechanism:)

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