Instead, we will focus on the two of the most common methods you might find useful.
The easiest solution is to just scoot them.
The other option is to catch and release them.
The choice of the catching tool is up to the individual.
Sweeping regularly ensures that bugs, dead or alive, dont stay on your porch and attract unwanted attention.
To minimize the chances of a lizard entering your porch, simply keep the screen doors closed shut.
Likewise, you will want to look for any holes in your screens and fix those.
Another preventative measure you’ve got the option to take is turning off the lights during the night.
The added benefit is that lizards are more likely to leave and look for a water source elsewhere.
Place Cracked Eggshells
To trick a lizard, sometimes one has to think like a lizard.
When lizards see a cracked eggshell, they think another animal lives in that area, birds in particular.
Since lizards get eaten by all kinds of birds, they attempt to steer away from them.
In addition, the odor eggshells give off can also attract some other animals.
Place Onions or Garlic
Who knew lizards and vampires had so much in common?
While a myth for the latter, garlic has been confirmed to work against the former.
Both onions and garlic will ward off lizards from your porch.
The only problem with this method is that you probably wont be able to escape the smell.
Lizards dont like the smell of coffee grounds, whereas some people enjoy it.
If you fall into that category, consider using this effective method of placing coffee grounds around your porch.
Alternatively, lemongrass tea leaves can be used.
They are not as effective but cheaper and easier to come by.
Use Pepper Spray
A nifty method of keeping lizards away from your porch is homemade pepper spray.
Reports from different people claim that this method does quite well at repelling lizards.
If you are bothered by the smell, consider applying pepper spray a bit further away from your porch.
Spraying the perimeter should do the trick.
Lizards are cold-blooded creatures which means that they cant maintain their body temperature.
Instead, they rely on the environment to provide them with much-needed heat.
Use Glue Traps
Not the best solution from a few standpoints we will touch upon later.
However, no one can deny the effectiveness of a glue trap.
The lizards will get stuck, and you will have no problem removing them from the porch.
This can also be a problem if you dont check on your glue trap(s) frequently.
What makes peacock feathers particularly menacing compared to other bird feathers are the colorful eye-like spots.
There is no definitive evidence that ultrasonic pest repellents work as advertised, and the customer reviews are mixed.
Some people say they work; some say they dont or have worked only for a period of time.
Are Lizards Dangerous?
Lizards are generally not dangerous to people for two reasons.
There are only a few species of lizards in the world that are dangerously poisonous to humans.
The handful of other poisonous lizards will cause swelling around the bite area in the worst-case scenario.
Their mild and timid nature ensures that the attacks will rarely happen.
