r/HotPeppers Sep 21 '24

My resident lizard sleeps on a pepper leaf every night Discussion

I’ve got a growing tower with a resident lizard, who has mostly gotten used to me putzing around and pruning. After dark, he finds a leaf and settles down! He’s out cold in all of the pics. Between him and a young Mantis, they handle the pest mitigation.

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u/Internal_Second_8207 Sep 21 '24

Can you send me some lizard seeds? That’s a cool variety you have growing

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u/suorastas Sep 22 '24

Collecting Lizard’s seed is kinda difficult and it spoils pretty fast in my experience

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u/Mustrik Sep 21 '24

https://preview.redd.it/qzajj7tm37qd1.jpeg?width=1980&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4934b718d434ac66f9dba9d1d4b2265628e8b579

This felon enjoys hanging out in my serrano. It’s like living in a Jurassic Park.

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u/Uncanny_ValleyGrrl Sep 21 '24

Awww, that is such a cutie!!!

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u/PamelaELee Sep 22 '24

Until it gets huge. Iguanas are a pain in the ass. The little anoles are cute though, won’t get bigger than that.

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u/WizardofUz Sep 21 '24

https://preview.redd.it/fw2omkfuz6qd1.jpeg?width=1337&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=29422be4c8c7b5d0c0c099291176469125c31da1

I wonder why they do this? I have two frogs and two lizards who sleep on my pepper plant leaves every night. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Methinksshedrinks Sep 21 '24

This post was one of the first things I saw when I woke up this morning and I want to thank you for entirely making my day.

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u/Specialist-Ad-5300 Sep 21 '24

They love those pepper leaves. Mine hangs on my habanero plant.

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u/Calm-Election-8060 Sep 21 '24

Oh man. I'm in Thailand and grow peppers. Have a small led setup for my seedlings. I have about 20 lizards keeping watch all night.

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u/Draculas_Dentist Sep 21 '24

That first image made me squeel, that is the cutest shit i've ever seen.

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u/MoreRegister92 Sep 21 '24

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u/Supermegaeukalele Sep 21 '24

Cute Guard Frog. Did it get accustomed to you?

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u/MoreRegister92 Sep 22 '24

It always seemed to enjoy being misted every morning. Was there every day for a couple weeks

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u/Lanky-Increase-8269 Sep 21 '24

This is beautiful.

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u/eride810 Sep 21 '24

As an aside, you can see in pic 2 that my Baklouti plants have an issue where the new leaves started being deformed and stunted halfway through the season. I have three like this in the mix and they are effectively separated (the plants in between are seemingly unaffected) so it’s specific to the strain but I’m not sure what’s causing it.

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u/Due_Platform_5327 Sep 21 '24

That’s cool!! I’ve got a resident tree frog that hangs out on my plants. 

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u/Biggrease333 Sep 21 '24

Neat :) they suck up all the bugs.

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u/kroketspeciaal Sep 21 '24

That's so cute! And great for bugs. Too bad we don't have lizards where my pepper plants live.

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u/Uncanny_ValleyGrrl Sep 21 '24

Thanks for sharing these. Made my day! I love lizards, despite the fact they don't always love me back (I was bitten by one that must have been part pit bull at age 5, after I insisted on catching it). These pics are the sweetest thing I've seen all week. well, except for my cats, but I'm contractually obligated to say that. ᓚᘏᗢ

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u/tripXtraMeduim Sep 21 '24

Awesome post!!! O

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u/charleyhstl Sep 22 '24

So awesome

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u/Major-Sir1872 Sep 22 '24

That’s cool

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u/turkeypants Sep 22 '24

He sweet boye

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u/the_old_coday182 Sep 21 '24

I’m so sneaky hehe