Well Moreteen didn't respond to my request to make a spay especially for them, as the stanard mix does nothing. The rubber thong, fly swat, or whatever else you can grab is often usless as they are quite timid and dissapear as you get organised. But the dam things are everywhere.
They must be like the feral cat of the insect world. They eat my spiders, have not seen an Australian Gecko for some time now, and I reckon those little brown garden lizards are also on the decline, and a garden snail is almost a non event. I don't use any poisons except for a little round up sparingly.
So have you had any success in reducing the numbers around your place?
I'm keen to see a photo of an Asian Gecko, jason, in case I need to reach for my thong. It seems they're taking over from the native species where you live.
Woko I will try and get a picture. Trust me, you have to whack it hard with a rubber thong. They themselves are like rubber and it seems to just bounce off them. Leather thong is a better option. They make a three short whistle type call, you hear them far more than see them.
http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/Reptiles/Geckos/Asian+House+Gecko#.ViiLjbSHs2c
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I'm not sure that I should beat the crap out of an asian gecko just because it is asian. There are a lot worse invaders, such as cane toads, cats, camels, pigs, indian mynas, foxes, rabbits, carp, red eared slider turtles, fire ants, small hive beetles, etc. Unfortunately the list goes on and on.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/06/17/3775329.htm
okay so it's native to asia and south east asia and has managed to establish in northern aust. from castaways on ships etc. is it not impossible that there have been multiple dispersal events on board natural refuse such as palm branches etc, which would have occurred regardless of any human intervention/actvities?
natural colonisation events/range expansions in terms of birds (e.g. recent arrivals like cattle egret) are generally regarded as honourary native species and not invasive processes.
There are those who would say that the Australian whitefella is a result of "natural colonisation events/range expansions". Certainly invasive, of nature at least. And there's many who need a good whack with a thong :)
hmmm, maybe I'm just a yobbo. Maybe I need a whack with a thing or two. But I'd try and kill any on those feral animal mentioned given the chance. As long as it's not long suffering I don't have a issue. A cat killing a bird is no different than a Asian gecko eating native skpiders, praying mantus, or other geckos. Perhaps it's just evolution. Just noticed a lot of the imported type compared to declining numbers of other things.
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No you are definitely not a yobbo Jason. And nobody on this forum should be whacked. Friends of native birds and habitat providers/protectors are in short supply.
They could well be having an impact on native species, I don't know, my point was just that it's interesting how we contrue 'invasiveness' depending on how a species managed to arrive here
There are grey areas, I guess. I'll do what I can to ensure the survival of the species which I understand to be nativealthough headbutting the occasional water buffalo (should any arrive here on the s.e. slopes of the Mt Lofty Ranges in SA) may be beyond me.
I guess there are many escaped fauna that now reside in Aus for better or worse. Hopefully these little geckos don't find their way to SA. Maybe one day some little local critter will work out how it can benifit by its presence. I can hear two of them talking to each other as I type.
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they are discussing ways to annoy you
Peter