Do Bug Zappers Work? Q. I assumed I read somewhere that bug zappers don’t really work. My neighbor’s zapper is driving me crazy with that ZZZZT noise all evening. I’d like to show him proof that all he’s doing is annoying his neighbor. A. Yes, there is a few scientific knowledge on the usefulness of bug zappers, but first we need to differentiate between the bug zappers that homeowners use in their yards to (hopefully) kill mosquitoes, and the business insect gentle traps that pest management professionals use mostly in eating places, food plants, and warehouses. These expensive industrial traps are used primarily to kill house flies and they do work. The comparatively inexpensive yard bug zappers kill loads of flying insects, just not mosquitoes. Bug zappers use ultraviolet gentle to draw mosquitoes to a metal grid the place they're electrocuted or "zapped." Those that own these traps swear by them. They point to the piles of lifeless insects that they empty out of the lure every morning. And people insects do appear to be mosquitoes. But mostly they're midges, Zap Zone Defender harmless fliers that don't chunk and are thought-about useful. Bug zappers really appeal to and kill only a few mosquitoes. Instead, the ultraviolet gentle draws hordes of insects into the yard that wouldn’t have been there otherwise. Yard zappers have never fared very properly in analysis assessments. One research discovered that 89% of the zapped insects were midges
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Do Bug Zappers Work?
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