Gekkonidae Family

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Gekkonidae FamilyAugust 21, 2026Central Aceh Regency,Aceh, Indonesia

While my friends and I were sitting on the porch, we witnessed a fascinating sight: a house lizard attempting to catch a dragonfly. It was an amazing spectacle, as I could observe the lizard’s careful, precise, and patient approach. It waited for the dragonfly to draw nearer while slowly inching closer itself; just as I expected, the lizard eventually succeeded in catching the dragonfly by biting down on it. The process took quite a while, but the effort paid off. Lizards are wild creatures, highly sensitive to the slightest movement, making them difficult to approach; nevertheless, I was curious to photograph this particular lizard with the dragonfly in its jaws. I moved toward it very cautiously to avoid making it feel threatened, and I ultimately succeeded in capturing the shot. However, I only managed to take three photos before the lizard scurried away. In the images I am sharing here, you can see a medium-sized lizard with a dragonfly in its mouth—likely already dead, as I observed no movement from it whatsoever. While the scene might appear a bit gruesome—with the dragonfly as the victim—it is simply a normal part of the natural world, where every living creature strives to find food to survive.

Okay friends, now I will share some pictures of this gecko here.



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PhotographyGekkonidae Family
Photographer@maxmarvin


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Linkhttps://www.inaturalist.org/observations/393225561
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5.15770696.6276597https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=5.1577067628&mlon=96.6276597199#map=12/5.1578/96.6275



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