The common house gecko is by no means a misnomer, displaying a clear preference for

urban environments. The synanthropic gecko displays a tendency to hunt for insects in

close proximity to urban lights.[3] They have been found in bushland, but the current
evidence seems to suggest they have a preference for urban environments, with their
distribution being mostly defined by areas within or in close proximity to city bounds. [4]
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The common house gecko appears to prefer areas in the light which are proximal to
cracks, or places to escape. Geckos without an immediate opportunity to escape
potential danger display behavioural modifications to compensate for this fact,
emerging later in the night and retreating earlier in the morning. [5] Without access to
the urban landscape, they appear to prefer habitat which is composed of comparatively
dense forest or eucalypt woodland which is proximal to closed forest. [6]
The selection of primarily urban habitats makes available the preferred foods of the
common house gecko. The bulk of the diet of the gecko is made up of invertebrates,
primarily hunted around urban structures.[3] Primary invertebrate food sources include
cockroaches, termites, some bees and wasps, butterflies, moths, flies, spiders, and
several beetle groupings.[3] There is limited evidence that cannibalism can occur in
laboratory conditions, but this is