Do cordless bug zapper Zappers Work? Q. I thought I read somewhere that bug zappers don’t actually work. My neighbor’s fly zapper is driving me crazy with that ZZZZT noise all night. I’d like to point out him proof that each one he’s doing is annoying his neighbor. A. Yes, there is a few scientific data on the usefulness of bug zappers, but first we need to distinguish between the bug zappers that homeowners use of their yards to (hopefully) kill mosquitoes, and the commercial insect light traps that pest control professionals use principally in restaurants, meals plants, and warehouses. These expensive business traps are used primarily to kill house flies and they do work. The relatively cheap yard bug zappers kill plenty of flying insect killer insects, simply not mosquitoes. Bug zappers use ultraviolet mild to draw mosquitoes to a metal grid where they're electrocuted or "zapped." Folks that own these traps swear by them. They level to the piles of dead insects that they empty out of the lure every morning. And those insects do appear like mosquitoes. But principally they are midges, harmless fliers that do not chew and are thought-about useful. bug zapper light zappers really entice and kill very few mosquitoes. Instead, the ultraviolet light attracts hordes of insects into the yard that wouldn’t have been there otherwise. Yard zappers have by no means fared very effectively in analysis exams. One research found that 89% of the zapped insects have been midges

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Pub: 13 Aug 2025 15:05 UTC

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