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Invasives all around have me Googling recipes
The Mediterranean house gecko is an invasive species and as such doesn’t really belong here. – Submitted photo
Gillespie Life
OUTDOORS ON END By Gayne C. Young, on February 28, 2024
Invasives all around have me Googling recipes

They’re back. I counted eight of them while out on my porch smoking a cigar last week. They were crawling along my walls and ceiling and congregating near the lights and in the glow of the television. And while I enjoyed watching — and appreciated — their eating moths and other insects, I know they’re not supposed to be there.

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