My town is working toward becoming a Texas Horned Lizard re-population zone. Such fascinating species of lizard, and I love how docile most of them are despite how they look.
My town is working toward becoming a Texas Horned Lizard re-population zone. Such fascinating species of lizard, and I love how docile most of them are despite how they look.
Yes, you are absolutely right about them being docile. I was able to get pretty close to this little guy. I didn't want to stress him so I didn't linger long. It's so hot out here I feel bad for all the creatures even if they are desert creatures, I try to leave them be. I'm so glad to hear that your town is part of the recovery efforts, what a cool thing to be a part of. From what I understand, it seems to me that the invasive fire ant may be part of the reason the Texas Horned Lizard population declined. Fire ants kill and take over the harvest ant's territory, that may be a factor. Whatever the reason, I hope that Texas' efforts to bring them back work out. They are wonderful creatures.
The fire ants are one of the biggest contributors. Thankfully there has been a concerted effort to encourage native ant populations, educating people on what a fire ant looks like, and how to kill them with minimal impact on the local fauna. Still, we have a long way to go given how eager people are to poison anything that doesn't fit their mold of what beneficial is.
That is so sadly true, we are all too used to using pesticides for anything that annoys us. I try to grow my own veggies and I use bugs and lizards to take care of problem bugs, it's not 100 percent efficient but at least I'm not contributing to the problem. Thank you for your comment and for all the info. you have shared with us!
Thank you for your comment and for your efforts towards bringing them back!