Of course (unless it’s cockroaches, crocodiles, or moreen eels).
I’m joking, those are just animals that provoke my mind to go to some degree of conflict.
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A lot of common birds in the US midwest are introduced and/or invasive. House sparrows, feral pigeons, and European starlings were already mentioned. House finches are also quite darling little things, especially with their pretty little songs.
Outside of birds, I really love lily of the valley. I only recently learned that the variety I see everywhere is originally from Europe!
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What’s a moreen eel? 
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A very ugly fish (google it).
Well, less personally, a group of tropical, predatory eels that belong to the family muraenidae. IN fact, only the green moreen is ugly, there are other very pretty species (well, ugly to me). They live in coral reefs, and are famous for living inside nooks, crevices, caves… places where they can poke their heads out to catch prey. Their bites are said to be dangerous because they can easily get infected, and are dangerous to eat because they can carry ciguatera toxin in quite strong amounts.
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polypogon monspiliensis, it’s so soft and cute
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Moray Eel. And you spelled “awesome” wrong.
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Ssshhhh
Oh, sh…
I meant Moray…
Don’t laugh.
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Where did I?
that hasn’t been my experience. I’ve found them in the same buildings a few times (like the bathrooms at Caddo Lake State Park!)
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Did you also mention Moray Eels in this thread about invasive species because, in reefs where humans have fished out the sharks, there are many Moray Eels, so it’s almost like they’re invasive?
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No, read when I mentioned them first. It was in a stupid comment about all beings deserving some kind of appreciation.
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Thank you for clarifying! In case you’re wondering why I asked that question, here’s where I got the idea:
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/02/human-impacts-leave-reefs-short-on-sharks-and-long-on-moray-eels/
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That’s great to hear! That was my personal experience, but glad it is not true across the board.
Lisa,
I would love to hear your guesses about the mechanism by which your Mediterranean House Geckos might be causing a decline in treefrogs! Eating their food? (Outcompeting treefrogs for arthropod prey?)
I work in construction and was in a portion of New York City that was the very definition of “urban blight”… there was nothing to recommend this area… when a little Cabbage White came dancing down the sidewalk, visiting the weeds poking out of the sidewalk and in an empty lot. One small spot of beauty in a devastated landscape. Even though they’re ‘invasive’, they are definitely my favorite butterfly for that reason… they always seem to be around to brighten a place up.
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I love crocodiles (and alligators, too). Some cockroaches… like the wood roaches we get here in the northeast, which won’t come into your house… are quite charming. Unless it’s biting me or eating the support beams of my house or defecating in my pantry, I’m pretty forgiving. 
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A moray named Maureen? 
Chef’s kiss indeed!
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European Hedgehog. Introduced in NZ.
Man, they’re just so cute. I haven’t taken good shots of them yet so that’s one of my goals for this year.
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