What Do House Lizards Eat?

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Fruits and plants
What house lizards don’t eat

House lizards are defined into two categories, some are omnivorous it means that they can eat both insects and fruits for their nutritional requirement and some are insectivorous, which means that they eat insects only for their survival. A common house lizard is known as Gecko. House lizards are non-venomous.

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House lizards are native to south and South East Asia but they are found in 87 locations around the world including Asia and the Pacific. They are found in urban landscapes, woodlands, rainforests and open fields, savannas, houses, and deserts. The average life span of a house lizard is 5 years. The average size of a house lizard is 7.5-15 cm.

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Insects and bugs

House lizards can eat plants and vegetation’s but most of their diet consists of insects and bugs. House lizards can eat cockroaches, ants, spiders, mosquitoes, and caterpillars. Also, House lizards like to eat other small lizards for nutrition. House lizards eat their young ones by mistake. House lizards are able to eat mosquitoes, flies, roaches, termites, worms, and wasps.

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Also, House lizards will eat fish and aquarium fish which are in a smaller size as compared to them, they can`t eat big fish. House lizards do eat bed bugs, eggs of birds, baby lizards, ticks, dead insects sometimes but they often reject dead insects.

Fruits and plants

House lizards which are omnivores can eat fruits, plants, and vegetables. House lizards can eat fruits like strawberries, bananas, papaya, yams, and bell peppers. Also, House lizards will eat cooked or raw rice. House lizards also eat vegetables for nutrition like dandelion green and some plants.

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What house lizards don’t eat

House lizards don’t like to eat bread because it does not contain any nutrition. House lizards are afraid of humans so they don`t touch their food. House lizards don’t eat eggshells, garlic, onions, dried chili, etc.