"Matty F" wrote in message
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On Jul 23, 4:03 pm, "Wallace" wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in message

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On Jul 23, 4:54 am, "Wallace" wrote:

bug zapper. turn it on at night, with other lights off.

I've heard that mozzies are attracted to CO2 being breathed out, and
not to the light in a bug zapper. Try a bugzapper with a CO2 source.

not needed. The zapper with the black light works just fine.

Here I looked it up for you:

http://home.howstuffworks.com/bug-zapper.htm

"By design, bug zappers do not discriminate between types of insects,
but because of their luring strategy, they tend kill those insects
that are most attracted to ultraviolet light. Mosquitoes,
unfortunately, are not attracted to ultraviolet light."

http://www.livingwithbugs.com/mos_blt.html

"blacklight traps do a poor job of attracting biting flies like adult
female mosquitoes and biting gnats, and, in fact, attracted and killed
many more beneficial insect species. The traps were therefore
considered to be environmentally harmful because of damage to the
natural fauna.

The bottom line - don't use blacklight "bug zapper"-type traps for
mosquitoes. If you must use a trap try one of the propane-fueled
carbon dioxide traps since they are far more selective and won't
attract as many beneficial species"

All I can tell you is at our hunting place when we had mosquitoes indoors we
turned out the lights, turned on the bug zapper, and in a few minutes they
were all zapped. You do what you want.

see also:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2688798/

"We found that black light traps captured significantly more mosquitoes at 2
and 2.5 m above the ground (P 0.05). We also evaluated the effectiveness
of trap spacing within the livestock enclosure. In general, traps spaced
between 4 and 7 m apart captured mosquitoes more efficiently than those
spaced closer together (P 0.05). Based on these findings, we concluded
that each black light trap in the livestock enclosures killed 7,586 female
mosquitoes per trap per night during the peak mosquito season (July-August).
In May-August 2003, additional concurrent field trials were conducted in
Ganghwa county. We got 74.9% reduction (P 0.05) of An. sinensis in human
dwellings and 61.5% reduction (P 0.05) in the livestock enclosures. The
black light trap operation in the livestock enclosures proved to be an
effective control method and should be incorporated into existing control
strategies in developed countries."

http://books.google.com/books?id=VM8...ight&f=fa lse