Oh come on Palmer!!! Afraid of a dragonfly and a gecko? What are you, a woos? haha! Thought more of you than that so hope you were joking...
Gecko's are amazing little creatures - we raised 3 generations of them in our home in Brisbane Australia as well as 4 generations of possums. The geckos eat anything that you might be bothered with as a human like mozzies (that will now start coming around seeing as the weather here is not as hot), those nasty little blighters called midges that are miniscule to see and bite you with a bite that feels like you've been bitten by a monster and lots of other insects both inside and outside your home.
Nothing whatsoever to be afraid of mate! There are very few of my "normal" Australian creatures here in Doha and to my amazement yesterday, I actually rescued a small brown grasshopper from an inside window outside to my franjipani plant - not seen one in 2 years so there are not so many creatures here - particularly ones that BITE! lol - unless you go out in the desert I believe!