What are these pupae on the wall?

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What are these pupae on the wall?

Postby J Greenfingers » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:44 am

These pupae have appeared in numbers, on the wall behind a planter on the terrace. Does anyone know what they are?
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Re: What are these pupae on the wall?

Postby Wicksey » Mon Aug 20, 2018 11:26 am

Gecko poo??

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Re: What are these pupae on the wall?

Postby Gasman » Mon Aug 20, 2018 3:50 pm

Looks like Gecko poo to me too. We have some that like to lurk in the daytime in a plant pot or larger planter - they scuttle out looking rather shocked and miffed when it is time to water the plant-pot! And there can be a few bits of stickier poo which remains on the wall behind the pots - most of it just drops off to the patio floor as it dries. Keep watering and spray a bit of water about, and you may persuade the inmates to look for a new home where their poo won't be as obvious...
Love the geckos' nightly performances up on the patio walls and roof as they charm the bugs into stupor and then lap them up.

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Re: What are these pupae on the wall?

Postby Lyric » Mon Aug 20, 2018 3:58 pm

Pardon me but that's not Gecko. Gecko has a white blob on the end (the urine) I'll put up a photo when I find some, just on a break from Flat Pack assembly.

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Re: What are these pupae on the wall?

Postby TorreDelAguila » Mon Aug 20, 2018 4:48 pm

No, no. The white blob is so they don't bump into them in the dark. :problem:
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Re: What are these pupae on the wall?

Postby Gasman » Mon Aug 20, 2018 6:49 pm

Ours dont always have a white blob ... could the little patch soaking into the wall be the urine?
They dont look like pupae anyway
Anyone else got any ideas?

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Re: What are these pupae on the wall?

Postby J Greenfingers » Thu Aug 23, 2018 9:15 am

Thank you for your replies - I stand corrected! Clearly not pupae but are they really "gecko poo"? In 45 years of watching geckoes, including the last 20 years living in Andalucía, I have never seen this behaviour! I need to do a bit of research...

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Re: What are these pupae on the wall?

Postby TorreDelAguila » Thu Aug 23, 2018 3:00 pm

You have to wait an awful long time for a Gecko to poo, maybe.
They are also reticent little things, and prefer not to do it with an audience. :shifty:
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Re: What are these pupae on the wall?

Postby Gasman » Thu Aug 23, 2018 7:10 pm

Agree with TdelA - you very rarely see them do their do's but find the little parcels next day ... often just one or two on a windowsill especially if they hide behind the roller blinds, or attached to a wall near a plant ...
By the way, we try to rattle the window blinds before letting the blind up or down, to give the little rascals chance to scuttle off - a squashed gecko stuck in the blind makes the most awful stink before the carcass finally rattles out - nasty!


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