This dengue thing is really worrying, what with the number of cases just going up and up, and people falling prey to it while they are just minding their own business. I think many of them were not personally responsible for breeding any Aedes mosquitoes but just happened to get bitten. That is really scary...
This brings me to my question about lizards. I always thought that lizards existed to eat up mosquitoes but those pesky things do not seem to make any impact on the Aedes population. EVERY house/building I know of in Singapore has got more than a fair share of lizards and yet, they are not doing their job. They even live and breed out in the open, in vacant houses, etc, where the Aedes do as well, and we apparently still have MORE of those mosquitoes. Why aren't they eating the Aedes mosquito? Do lizards prefer certain breeds of mosquitoes to others?
Boy, how I hate them (lizards). I'm one of those 'crazy' people who actually buy lizard traps. Simple contraptions -- very sticky scented paper which traps lizards walking by, attracted by the smell. Available from Home-Fix and other hardware stores. The husband thinks, as many others, I'm nuts and I should just leave those reptiles alone, but obligingly throws trapped lizards away anyway. I'm not going to touch a piece of paper with a lizard stuck to it.
The other day, after I hung out a load of clothes to dry, I was horrified to find a dead, pale-looking lizard (as it should be, after being choked with detergent, spun around etc) at the bottom of the machine. Yelled for the husband to get rid of it. I actually did think of washing that load of clothes again. The thought of spilled lizard insides etc on our clothes. Decided against it, in the interest of time.
If they are going to make their unpleasant and unwelcome presence felt in all our houses, couldn't they do something about the Aedes mosquitoes?
Now listening to the Twins album, Such A Better Day.
Whatever does 'such a better day' mean?? No Chinese title. Think Gillian Chung (the one on the right) is beautiful, though Charlene Choi, the other twin, looks good in this picture too. Ex-models.
This brings me to my question about lizards. I always thought that lizards existed to eat up mosquitoes but those pesky things do not seem to make any impact on the Aedes population. EVERY house/building I know of in Singapore has got more than a fair share of lizards and yet, they are not doing their job. They even live and breed out in the open, in vacant houses, etc, where the Aedes do as well, and we apparently still have MORE of those mosquitoes. Why aren't they eating the Aedes mosquito? Do lizards prefer certain breeds of mosquitoes to others?
Boy, how I hate them (lizards). I'm one of those 'crazy' people who actually buy lizard traps. Simple contraptions -- very sticky scented paper which traps lizards walking by, attracted by the smell. Available from Home-Fix and other hardware stores. The husband thinks, as many others, I'm nuts and I should just leave those reptiles alone, but obligingly throws trapped lizards away anyway. I'm not going to touch a piece of paper with a lizard stuck to it.
The other day, after I hung out a load of clothes to dry, I was horrified to find a dead, pale-looking lizard (as it should be, after being choked with detergent, spun around etc) at the bottom of the machine. Yelled for the husband to get rid of it. I actually did think of washing that load of clothes again. The thought of spilled lizard insides etc on our clothes. Decided against it, in the interest of time.
If they are going to make their unpleasant and unwelcome presence felt in all our houses, couldn't they do something about the Aedes mosquitoes?
Now listening to the Twins album, Such A Better Day.
Whatever does 'such a better day' mean?? No Chinese title. Think Gillian Chung (the one on the right) is beautiful, though Charlene Choi, the other twin, looks good in this picture too. Ex-models.
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I never thot about those lizards. maybe the local authorities can do a study to find out if those areas that have a huge number of dengue cases have fewer lizards compared to other areas in Singapore.