Absolutely! I was wondering the same thing all winter up to today.
They were all over the place. I had babies on every branch or leaf of
everything for the last several years. Maybe all the rain we had last
year (61 inches which is double normal) decreased the populations of
grasshoppers so much it put them into a decline.

On the other hand, I have skinks this year and gecko's. We also have
a rabbit living out back, and a fox with her two pups living under the
shed. So, this is definitely a different year.

Victoria

On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 20:04:44 GMT, B.Server
wrote:

I am curious. Has anyone else noticed a steep drop in the number of
anoles around their place? Last summer it seemed like every fence
post, net, and bamboo stick had an anole. And there are always one or
two who colonize my greenhouse. Year to date, I have not seen one,
any, (1) in my yard. (west of MoPac around 4500). I still have large
numbers of the gray, (mixed black and white) rough skinned lizards,
though most of them appear to be adults. Also have not seen a single
gecko so far this year.

While not an organic purist, I haven't used anything stronger than
Safer's Soap and Neem oil outdoors in 10-15 years, so I don't think
that the drop was my doing.

Any thoughts? I like the little guys and wonder what happened.