A gold dust day gecko peers from inside a jar after being captured by Rhoda Libre at a friend’s home in Nawiliwili, Thursday. She turned it in to the Department of Agriculture, Monday, and a clerk identified it. A geckoWeb
A gold dust day gecko peers from inside a jar after being captured by Rhoda Libre at a friend’s home in Nawiliwili, Thursday. She turned it in to the Department of Agriculture, Monday, and a clerk identified it. A geckoWeb site says the gold dust day gecko is well-established in localized areas on O‘ahu, Hawai‘i and Maui where it is found on large trees and palms in suburban neighborhoods. All of the Hawaiian population stems from eight lizards released by a student on the University of Hawai‘i campus in 1974, according to www.geckoweb.org. Day geckos feed on small insects and lap nectar and pollen from flowers and over-ripe fruit.
