I made friends with the geckos in my yard by feeding them mealworms. These lizards are not native to the Hawaiian islands, they were introduced in the 70’s by a university student. Gold dust day geckos (Phelsuma laticauda) are originally from Madagascar and are now established here.
This is Geet or GT (Godzilla Tail). In the beginning I overfed him and his tail became proportionally enormous. They store fat energy in their tails. Gold dust day geckos do not get much longer than 5 to 6-inches. On the continental U.S. they are often kept as pets.
This is GG (Gigi). She is much smaller than Geet but always hungrier. Now, I only feed them every three days. They can often be found together but sometimes they go off on their own secret adventures.
If I’m in the patio, they follow me along the fence like little green dogs. There is one other gecko that I see occasionally I refer to as Bart since he has an overbite.
Please no insurance jokes.
I also sometimes play with the Brown anoles. They have pretty much displaced the green Carolina anoles in my yard.
This is The Dude displaying his dewlap.
