Screen-gecko-eat-moth
Working nocturnally in the studio gives observation opportunities not available during the sunny daylight hours. Geckos (the non-native Euro-variety) march up and down the raccoon-ravaged screens stalking moths larger than their heads. Here’s a picture of the ventral surface of one with a successful catch, all swallowed but for the wings, the reflection of my red clay-water bucket and camera visible in the clay-spattered glass. (Photo A. Shock)
Unsolicited plug: For those of you into such things, there’s an invaluable new field guide available, Lizards of the American Southwest, a photographic fieldguide, edited by Lawrence Jones and Robert Lovich, published by Rio Nuevo Press just this month. Authoritative, detailed, lavishly illustrated by good photos; maybe a little big for carrying into the field, but throw it into the car for that road trip to Northern Arizona or New Mexico. It’s all in here!
[…] Mantids, huntsmen, sunspiders, cellar spiders, a variety of moths and other jointleggedies and geckos congregate at this arthropodal equivalent of a savannah watering hole to look for love, snacks, […]