- Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:13 pm
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Today I observed a house gecko repeatedly visiting the pitchers of one of my nepenthes gracilis “squat” plants. It’ll “hug” the pitchers (which are only slightly larger than itself) and constantly lick at the lid/peristome, and scuttle away whenever I got close so I wasn’t able to take a good picture, but it always came back soon after. My gracilis “squat” pitchers are usually glistening with large droplets of sticky nectar around the lids, so I think our gecko friend might be attracted by the nectar - didn’t look like it was attracted by insect prey alone as it was licking the pitchers non stop.
Here’s someone else’s picture of the same behavior from a different gecko species: https://www.instagram.com/p/BEu9_3IhFab/
Here’s someone else’s picture of the same behavior from a different gecko species: https://www.instagram.com/p/BEu9_3IhFab/