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It was time to switch out my UV light and today was the day. Since we've only had this house about a year, I also decided to change the outlet the UV system is plugged into since we're on the ocean and corrosion is a problem. Pulled the receptacle and it was indeed corroded.
That wasn't the surprise. I also found about 40 gecko eggs in the box with a couple hatching. I guess they got in where the wire enters the box, since there was small space, but man that pregnant gecko must have had to SQUEEZE! Anyway, I scraped out all the eggs and sealed up the box.
What a fun little adventure....
Puna: Our roosters crow first
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So...my smoke detectors started going off after a long day painting the house. Where's the fire? There was none. Could it be paint fumes? The detectors are hard-wired, but have batteries. Maybe the batteries!I opened up the most easily accessible one and it was an ant nest,little sugar ants. It's quiet now.
bamboo2u
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This reminds me of the post about a year ago when someone took off the switch plate to work on an electrical outlet and a Giant centipede came out. Yikes on that one!
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A few days ago I removed a ceiling globe-style thing to access the lights inside to switch them to LED and there were 3 dead centipedes in the globe.
Be careful changing the light bulbs!
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fyi Phelsuma Geckos (Gold Dust Day) lay 2 eggs at a time... so thats alot of geckos.. or it also could be Mourning Geckos or House Geckos, they prob lay the same amount 1-2 ea time...
sucks they had to be destroyed, but it understandable...
ps. when I lived in NorCal I used to breed and sell the Phelsuma (Phelsuma laticauda) babies for $25 ea.unsexed to East Bay Vivarium in Berkeley
http://eastbayvivarium.com/
they are the most common, but other types of Phelsumas can bring $500++ ea.
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
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save our indigenous and endemic Hawaiian Plants... learn about them, grow them, and plant them on your property, ....instead of all that invasive non-native garbage I see in most yards... aloha
