front porch wildlife
Sitting on the front porch with a coffee when a loud and persistent buzzing made me look up, was it a blowfly or a wasp? Closer investigation showed it to be a particularly large and nasty-looking European wasp[1], perhaps a queen looking to set up a nest, definitely something we do not want above our front door! Was wondering if I could swat it with something or chase it away as it was landing and half crawling into the gap between the timber and the tin roof when I saw what I thought was another crawl out about 20cm away. Luckily the small head and two beady eyes of the newcomer was a gecko[2] popping its head out to look around and check out the noise maker, I’m glad its up there, there’s a bit too much cat activity around at ground level.
- [1] European wasp
- [2] Marbled gecko
