Local pests!!

With spring on the southern hemisphere in full swing, and being in a somewhat tropical area the pests have started to come out of the walls, literally. It's almost everyday now that I'm called in to take care of a new roach that has found it's way into the bathroom just to attack Fiona. Fiona constantly talks my ear off about how gross they are, and worries constantly that Nuala or Bran will find one while exploring and decide to see what they taste like. After all, everything that fits in the mouth has to be eaten it seems. Not all the pests are such foul miscreants. One evening last week I opened the door to the garage and was met by a legless lizard, which actually eat roaches. Initially all I saw was a head, and I thought it was a snake. Stories I had heard while working in Africa over the last few years flashed through my head, one in particular of a Black Mamba which took up residence under the kitchen sink of a coworker of mine in Zimbabwe. Black Mambas are nasty, big, poisonous snakes. Anyways, my point is I have become very cautious about new insects, amphibians, and reptiles over the last couple of years and was a little nervous when I saw what looked like a snakehead poking out from under our as of yet unpacked boxes strewn about the garage. So back to the legless lizard. This is a rare find. They are nocturnal and usually live under the ground or leaves and loam so almost impossible to find. I'm not a bug collector or anything like that by any means, but I thought this was really cool. I always wanted to see one when I was a kid.