Review: bug-zapping lightbulbs are worthless

Flys and mosquitos are not attracted to UV light, that’s a common misconception.
Professional mosquito control relies on CO2.

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What makes flies a problem?
I think that that stupid light is more of a problem.

But not nearly as much fun as a bug zapper tennis racquet!

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Get a proper stand alone bug zapper they work brilliantly, just remember to clean all the insect corpses regularly though.

And it quickly escalated from there…

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They all flew in for the funerals.

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“Lesser house flies” like to congregate in my room if I leave the windows open during the summer — unless I run the ceiling fan. That seems to take care of it.

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…and boy were their arms tired.

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4 little bugs? I think any traditional light bulb will kill that many. Little gnats and fruit flies are always in my lamp fixtures dead. Hell it might have repelled them if only 4.

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