Soluxio NatureGuard™: Solar Wildlife Friendly Lighting

The animals that encounter the most nuisance of light pollution are nocturnal animals such as sea turtles, bats, frogs and many insects. They sleep during the day and live during the night; therefore, their vision exists primarily through rods and fewer cones. To clarify, rods can detect light 100 times faster than cones. So this makes nighttime animals super sensitive to even the smallest light. Especially green/blue light, which emits at 496 nanometers.

The Soluxio wildlife-friendly edition only uses long-wavelength lights. These lights are colored in a range from amber to red and have a wavelength of 560 nanometres and higher. Due to this, human beings can clearly see this light. However, these nocturnal wildlife-friendly lights are less bothersome for nocturnal animals than normal streetlights.

Artificial light at night alters the sleep rhythm of many animals, resulting in insufficient rest for the body to recover. Because of this, animals are repelled from light-polluted areas where they would normally make a living, causing a form of habitat loss. On the contrary, other animals are attracted to light sources, such as sea turtles, bats, frogs and many insects.

For example, sea turtles lay their eggs on the beaches. When born, the hatchlings need to navigate to the sea in order to survive. In order to do so, they follow the reflections of the moonlight on the ocean. This lets them know exactly where they need to go to reach the sea.

Therefore, in some areas, like Florida, turtles follow the artificial light instead of the moonlight. The use of long-wavelength lights and turtle-safe lighting prevents turtles from navigating in the wrong direction.

Not only do sea turtles benefit from this solution, but also birds, bats, frogs and other nocturnal animals. Altogether, the Soluxio wildlife-friendly edition is a great turtle-safe and bat-safe lighting solution.