Tearing Down the Old Shed
I went out today to start tearing down our old shed, which I think was used to house chickens, to make room for my new vegetable garden and came across some very interesting creatures. This first was a Blue Mouth Lizard that I found living under an old piece of iron next to the shed. As you can see from the photos it is about a foot long and quite fat. When I put my hand close to its face it would hiss and stick out this great big dark blue tongue.
I also found many different spiders. One was really big and hairy. It looked like a tarantula but a little smaller. Most of these I just shooed away since they eat insects and will be good for my garden but one of them I had to kill. It was a big Red Back (black widow) Spider. You can see him in this photo at the tip of my crowbar.
