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In the summer, the little western fence lizard is common throughout the rocky environs of Little Hot Springs Valley. This lizard is a first rate climber and can easily dart from rock to rock in order to avoid enemies or capture prey. The primary diet of the western fence lizard is insects, which it can pounce on with expert swiftness becoming active in the morning. These lizards will eventually reside into the shade during the hottest portion of the day remarkably. The blood of the western fence lizard is known to kill the type of bacterium that causes Lyme disease. This bacterium is transmitted to people by ticks, but ticks that carry the bacterium are cleansed of it after they bite a western fence lizard. This is one reason why Lyme disease is much less common in California, compared to the eastern parts of the United States, where there are fewer lizards.