Bug Zapper

[EddieWalker]

Last year I bought an electric bug zapper from Home Depot that worked great at first. It has the purple light and an attractant that you put into the bottom of it about once a month. For quite awhile it was zapping bugs all night long. It was fun just to see the sparks!!!! But towards the end of summer it stopped working. The purple light is on, and there is new bait, but nothing is dying or getting zapped.

I'm wanting to buy another one, but one that is better and will last a lot longer. Who has a good one and what brand is it?

Thank you,
Eddie

 

[Western]

This for mosquitoes?? They really don't work for them and waste your electricity. I saw a study where they tested them in the everglades, said they where a marketing myth. below is an excerpt from the American Mosquito Control Association: here Home

"Do Bug-Zappers work?
Black light insect electrocution devices (Bug Zappers, etc.) are purchased in huge quantities by homeowners due to their demonstrated ability to attract and kill thousands of insects over a 24 hr. period. One industry representative estimates that over 1.75 million of these devices are purchased annually in the U.S. But do they really control pest insects? Bug zappers do indeed kill some mosquitoes. However, the only two controlled studies conducted to date by independent investigators at the University of Notre Dame showed that mosquitoes comprised merely 4.1% and 6.4% respectively of the daily catch over an entire season. Even more important was the finding in both studies that there was no significant difference in the number of mosquitoes found in yards with or without bug zappers. What is particularly disconcerting, however, is the number of non-pest insects that comprise the vast majority of trap catch. Many of these insects are beneficial predators on other insect pests. They in turn constitute a major part of the diet of many songbirds. Indeed, reduced numbers of moth and beetle prey species have contributed significantly to the decline of songbird populations in many affluent suburbs. Insect electrocution devices undoubtedly bear some responsibility for this phenomenon. Mosquitoes continue to be more attracted to humans than to the devices. One study conducted in homeowners' backyards showed that of the insects killed by these devices, only 0.13% were female mosquitoes. An estimated 71 billion to 350 billion beneficial insects may be killed annually in the United States by these electrocuting devices.""

I dont know where to get a good one, I haven't used them since the early 90's when I saw the test

 

[Looking4new]

I use concentrated garlic oil and just drive them away. It works good.

 

[MacLawn]

I use concentrated garlic oil and just drive them away. It works good.

Yep, that'd drive me away alright! Mosqites, hate them rascals. I don't know Eddie, I reckon them candle oil thingamajigs work. What're they called? That citronella stuff.

 

[rekees4300]

Who has a good one and what brand is it?

The best selling one on Amazon is "Flowtron Electronic Insect Killer" for $29.

 

[mjarrels]

I have one in Virginia that I really don't need, but when visiting inlaws in the Philippines, I just use an electric fan on high. Bugs can't fly in the breeze.

mark

 

[lostcreekranch]

I've found that the bug zappers attract bugs but don't seem to kill them. When I had a home in Houston, years ago that was on one of the bayous, I used to buy bug zappers for my neighbors as Christmas gifts every couple of years. All my bugs were attracted to their zappers and we could sit outside in the evening with no bugs. ;-)

Great trick that neighbors never figured out.

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[oosik]

I have bats that do a great job on all nighttime bugs. Its a little frightening at first - you go outside in the evening and the bugs are attracted to you due to either body heat or THEY WANT YOUR BLOOD. The bats come for the insects and for a while are diving right at you. Soon the bats back off and pick up the bugs a ways away from you.

 

[Gary Fowler]

I've found that the bug zappers attract bugs but don't seem to kill them. When I had a home in Houston, years ago that was on one of the bayous, I used to buy bug zappers for my neighbors as Christmas gifts every couple of years. All my bugs were attracted to their zappers and we could sit outside in the evening with no bugs. ;-)

Great trick that neighbors never figured out.

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That is actually the way those are supposed to be used. Put them about 100 feet from where you sit and the black light will draw most of the bugs toward it. Whether or not they kill them is another story.

 

[lostcreekranch]

That is actually the way those are supposed to be used. Put them about 100 feet from where you sit and the black light will draw most of the bugs toward it. Whether or not they kill them is another story.

Knew that Gary. That's why I gave them to my neighbors. These were patio homes so distance to neighbor's back yards was about right.

Those 4 years at Univ. of Houston really paid off.

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