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This mosquito is good at hiding
On Jul 23, 4:03 pm, "Wallace" wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in message ... 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" |
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"Matty F" wrote in message ... On Jul 23, 4:03 pm, "Wallace" wrote: "Matty F" wrote in message ... 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 |
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On Jul 24, 1:28 am, "Wallace" wrote:
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/ OK then, I'll always believe an actual test over what some "expert" says. But I can't test it myself. There's been no mosquitoes around here for years. Global Warming must have killed them all. |
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"Matty F" wrote in message ... On Jul 24, 1:28 am, "Wallace" wrote: 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/ OK then, I'll always believe an actual test over what some "expert" says. Wow, you could knock me over with a feather! I've never seen such a reply on the web! Good for you man. I'm not kidding. A thumbs up for you! All I've seen is the digging in of heels and the name calling and restating what was said so as to call the other a liar and bolster one's own position. I am really awestruck! Speechless! You have made my day. Unless you are pulling my leg . . . Cheers! But I can't test it myself. There's been no mosquitoes around here for years. Global Warming must have killed them all. |
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember "Wallace" saying something like: OK then, I'll always believe an actual test over what some "expert" says. Wow, you could knock me over with a feather! I've never seen such a reply on the web! Good for you man. I'm not kidding. A thumbs up for you! All I've seen is the digging in of heels and the name calling and restating what was said so as to call the other a liar and bolster one's own position. I am really awestruck! Speechless! You have made my day. Unless you are pulling my leg . . . Thin end of the wedge, if you ask me. I mean, before you know it, we'll have tests and facts and undisputable results and the experts will be out of a job. Could turn things on their head, that could, and be the end of civilisation as we know it, with consultants on the dole queue left, right and centre. Think, man, think - the economic revival might very well depend on clueless, useless, otherwise unemployable armies of consultants and experts, dispensing worthless advice and baseless information. To have these finger-in-the-air advisors rendered impotent might be very dangerous indeed. |
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On Jul 24, 12:21 pm, "Wallace" wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in message ... On Jul 24, 1:28 am, "Wallace" wrote: 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/ OK then, I'll always believe an actual test over what some "expert" says. Wow, you could knock me over with a feather! I've never seen such a reply on the web! Good for you man. I'm not kidding. A thumbs up for you! All I've seen is the digging in of heels and the name calling and restating what was said so as to call the other a liar and bolster one's own position. I am really awestruck! Speechless! You have made my day. Unless you are pulling my leg . . . Cheers! I don't care who is right and who is wrong. I just want the correct answer. I had seen a number of websites that say mosquitoes are not attracted to UV, and nothing to say the opposite. When I next see mosquitoes I'll drag out my zapper and see if it works. |
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"Matty F" wrote in message ... On Jul 24, 12:21 pm, "Wallace" wrote: "Matty F" wrote in message ... On Jul 24, 1:28 am, "Wallace" wrote: 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/ OK then, I'll always believe an actual test over what some "expert" says. Wow, you could knock me over with a feather! I've never seen such a reply on the web! Good for you man. I'm not kidding. A thumbs up for you! All I've seen is the digging in of heels and the name calling and restating what was said so as to call the other a liar and bolster one's own position. I am really awestruck! Speechless! You have made my day. Unless you are pulling my leg . . . Cheers! I don't care who is right and who is wrong. I just want the correct answer. I had seen a number of websites that say mosquitoes are not attracted to UV, and nothing to say the opposite. When I next see mosquitoes I'll drag out my zapper and see if it works. I gave you links that say the opposite. |
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On Jul 26, 1:02 am, "Wallace" wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in message ... On Jul 24, 12:21 pm, "Wallace" wrote: "Matty F" wrote in message ... On Jul 24, 1:28 am, "Wallace" wrote: 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/ OK then, I'll always believe an actual test over what some "expert" says. Wow, you could knock me over with a feather! I've never seen such a reply on the web! Good for you man. I'm not kidding. A thumbs up for you! All I've seen is the digging in of heels and the name calling and restating what was said so as to call the other a liar and bolster one's own position. I am really awestruck! Speechless! You have made my day. Unless you are pulling my leg . . . Cheers! I don't care who is right and who is wrong. I just want the correct answer. I had seen a number of websites that say mosquitoes are not attracted to UV, and nothing to say the opposite. When I next see mosquitoes I'll drag out my zapper and see if it works. I gave you links that say the opposite. "I had seen a number of websites" means, before you gave the links. |
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This mosquito is good at hiding
Matty F said this on the googlegroups.com:
I don't care who is right and who is wrong. I just want the correct answer. I had seen a number of websites that say mosquitoes are not attracted to UV, and nothing to say the opposite. When I next see mosquitoes I'll drag out my zapper and see if it works. Mostly, mosquitoes are attracted to 3rd-World countries, and people who don't have any of the mosquito-nets yet. Fly-paper strips, you pull out of the cylinder like a coil, are really the best because you can taunt the little boogers until they croak... "Cain't touch this... Cain't touch this.." It's very gratifying and returns your sense of control. HTH. [I don't think PETA or the SPCA covers mosquitoes; but just in case, please use discretion repeating any of this because if they find out, they may stalk me -- or blog badly about me. They can be so insensitive and ruthless! TIA.] -- I AM Bucky Breeder, (*(^; and I'm not talking to the aliens because Stephen Hawking said it's not such a good idea : http://tinyurl.com/2g76h4c [http://www.timesonline.co.uk] http://tinyurl.com/396ljz4 [for those who need illustrations] Repent! The end is near.... So, smoke 'em if you got 'em. |
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