That's curious. I don't have either solar lights or lizards but I have seen how geckoes etc stake out lighting fixtures in the tropics and wait for the insects which are attracted by the light. Do you think that is what is happening in your garden? The light attracts bugs and the lizards just vacuum them up? Just a thought.

We have a streetlight on the corner of our lot. It is supposed to shine down the street but when they changed the pole 2 years ago the idiot that put up the light angled it toward our yard. There is plenty of light in our front yard but It has never deterred the night time feeders In fact I had a terrible time this year with earwigs in the bed that's closest to the light.

I tend to agree with flora that the light is tipping the scales in favor of the lizards--Nice,easy insect pest control!!

My problem seems to be worms rather than bugs...and they wouldn't be attracted to lights. I just kind of wonder if that little bit of light is enough to scare them off since they prefer to dine in the dark. I have a 4x4 bed nearby but doesn't have lights--I just notice a WHOLE bean plant seedling was eaten. Might go out and buy some more lights.

I'm sure it's a deterrent on night feeders but what are you doing to the plants? Some plants (like tomatoes) need their dark period and you could be disrupting that with the lights. Tomatoes are the only plant I've read about tests on but I'm sure there are others it will effect in a negative way.

I doubt I'm interrupting the plants that much. The light is very dim gets dimmer as the night progresses and the battery winds down. With longer nights/shorter days coming up and regular battery wear and tear, I wouldn't be surprised if by Spring I only get a few hours of light. It's far less light than say a street lamp or a wired landscape light. Think of a lit match. They really are only good for marking out paths so you see where your feet are going.

Frogs always sit by the low voltage lights at the edge of my fish pond. The lights attract bugs, and the frogs have an easier time getting a meal. Probably the same thing happens with lizards. We don't have them here in Michigan, but I suspect it would (well, in theory, we have a couple of kinds of skinks, but I've never seen one).

I want lizards!

Toads hang out here under the street lights and near porch/entrance lights for their night time munchies.