look what I found in my cricket box...

[mons00n]

I was getting some crickets to feed my cham and noticed a long tail protruding from the egg-crate, this little guy popped out of it! Looks like some sort of gecko, anyone have ideas on what kind? And should I let it go or let it live with the crickets for a bit? =p

 

[chameleoman]

????? i would keep him take care of him

 

[ChameleonFan1989]

Not sure what Gecko but he's cute and he got a free meal out of it as well

 

[Elgato]

we have those in Texas too. I know them as a common gecko.

 

[ChameleonNerd]

Well that is probably the last thing i would expect to find in a cricket box.. You should name him WildCard

 

[Hupla]

i live in texas and there all over the place at night here, just the common little gecko for us, they dont get to big n there alwase on the outside of screened windows getting the moths that are attracted to the light from inside haha, used to have fun catching them as a kid

 

[ferretinmyshoes]

It's a Mediterranean House Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus). They are commonly found in many states. They usually hide in cracks around porch lights during the day and come out at night to feed on the bugs that the light attracts. They're fun to watch!

 

[jake01]

we get lots of geckos at my house, they are light pink/peach in color, and they're very cool. sometimes when i'm getting something to drink at night they will be hunting moths that hopelessly smack against my windows trying to reach the interior light.

 

[Kent67]

That's a whole lot cooler than the giant black widow I found!

 

[Silkyslim]

cool! All I ever find are those damned Earwigs. Kill em all!

 

[bigcappa]

Cool Mediterranean House Gecko, I'd say let it go, use the space to get another cham . I'm sure they are all over your house, they are all over mine!

 

[burnedrose]

That's a whole lot cooler than the giant black widow I found!

ahhhh! That's frigin scary! I am terrified of black widows and brown recluses. When I was young, I had a black widow bite that had me hospitalized and to this day, I am absolutely terrified of black widows. I refuse to go into people's sheds in the summer.

But yeah, back to the gecko...we had those in hawaii alllll the time. They are fast lil buggers, but pretty cool to watch eat. They would always hang out on the lanai and munch on the buggies. It was fun watching them run around.

 

[Robyrango]

Looks like a leopard geko! That’s cool! What a nice surprise !

 

[Robyrango]

...But is not! More likely a common house geko

 

[jdog1027]

I have tons of these on my house. I first found them here in Alabama in '93. I caught this onslaught of them on my house one night last year in a single evening.
http://s660.photobucket.com/albums/uu325/jdog1027/?action=view&current=100_0798.jpg

 

[wontbme]

i once found a cricket in my cricket box. that was about it.
darn

 

[Whammo72]

I paid 10 bucks a piece for two of them to let go in my house to eat the inevitable crickets I let escape! Keep him free range I say, worst case scenario is you have no spiders!

 

[primestick]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Gecko, There is a longer artical I read about how they have taken over the south and why they are doing so well in the states. If I run across it again I'll post it.