What is the sign of gecko at home? How do you get rid of it?

Gecko is a relatively common small animal, its body has adhesion ability, can crawl quickly on walls, ceilings or smooth surfaces. So, what are the signs of geckos at home? How do you get rid of it?

What is the sign of a gecko at home?

The nickname of the gecko is "guarding the palace", which is also called "Tianlong" in Chinese traditional culture. It is good at flying eaves and walking through the wall, and the folk regard it as an auspicious thing to bring down demons and get rid of demons and prosperous families. Therefore, if there is a gecko in the home, it means that the family business is stable and can be held. Of course, this is only a kind of superstition. In fact, if geckos appear in the home to prove that there are more mosquitoes in the home, or the cleaning work at home is not in place, this is because geckos are easy to appear in places where environmental debris accumulates and are attracted by the smell of wet mildew. In addition, geckos often appear on the walls, eaves or poles illuminated by lights, preying on mosquitoes, flies, moths and spiders.

Second, how to drive the gecko away at home?

Method 1: you can prepare a tall, wide-mouthed glass bottle, wash and dry, put a few pieces of broken rock sugar, half-close the mouth of the bottle, in order to induce the gecko to climb in and eat, its feet will be stained with wet sugar, it will be difficult to climb out of the bottle, can be captured and released outside the house.

Method 2: put a large piece of cardboard into the place where the gecko is active, and when the gecko takes the initiative to go to the cardboard, you can put the cardboard together with the gecko outside the house. But can not be forced to drive, because the gecko is very easily frightened animals, it may break its tail and escape into the crevice.

Method 3: put incense at home, incense will have irritating effect on gecko, through incense will make gecko can not find food, can play the role of driving gecko, generally found gecko, often point 2-3 incense before going to bed, put it in the place where gecko will appear.

Method 4: the gecko is also afraid of the smell of camphor balls because it interferes with the gecko's prey on insects and makes its sense of smell misinformed. So if there is a gecko at home, buy some camphor balls and put them in the place where the gecko often appears, and they will leave when they smell it.

Can geckos bite people?

Gecko is an animal that comes out at night. During the day, it lurks in hidden places such as cracks in the wall, under tile eaves and behind cabinets, and comes out at night. In summer and autumn nights, geckos often appear on the walls, eaves or poles illuminated by lights, preying on mosquitoes, flies, moths and spiders. Geckos are not aggressive to people, as long as they don't provoke them, they won't bite.

To sum up, geckos are beneficial and harmless animals. If you find them at home, it may be because the room is wet or there are many mosquitoes, so you don't have to worry too much.