I might be in the minority here, and this relates specifically to indoor mozzies, but the UV light ones (suction cheapo on ebay) work phenomenally well for me. I have about 10 of them throughout the house, and I turn them on whenever I see a mozzie indoors. Usually after one night on, I can trap anywhere between 2 and 100 mozzzies. That is sometimes enough, but I would usually leave it on for a few weeks and keep catching more throughout. I leave one on permanently in my lounge room and bedroom in summer/autumn and empty it every few weeks. Always has some in it.
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An interesting experiment might be to replace the UV lamp/s with a normal incandescent lamp, and note after several weeks if there is any difference.
Our observation is leaving a light on in the bathroom at night for personal convenience works equally effectively. Any stray insects, including mosquitoes all move to the one location near to the night time light. Convenient for when one intends to eliminate the surplus.
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No, that doesnāt work for me. It could be the type of light, but I have tried that. At the very least the TV attracts them, and then I have them with me when I least want them.
Do you have insect screens?
Zappify Mosquito Killer.
Yesterday I clicked on a link to āZappify Mosquito Zapperā.
Itās a portable rechargeable mosquito zapper which uses an (*alleged) UV light to attract mozzies and then zapp them with a high voltage grid.
The marketing spiel claims this item is āflying off the shelves and taking Australia by stormā which is an immediate red flag for marketing BS in my mind.
It also features glowing reviews with proper grammar and no spelling mistakes - another red flag.
Real reviews are littered with lousy grammar and spelling.
Cost = about $50
Does anybody have experience with this item?
I get eaten alive by mozzies and other pesky biting insects and need a solution.
- alleged UV light.
I purchased a cheap mozzie zapper from Amazon which uses an alleged UV light to attract the mozzies. But as it turns out, it is not really a UV light - itās just a blue LED made up to look as if itās a UV light.
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Sorry no. The reason is I have no confidence in the usefulness of such products. There are two problems;
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While some insects are strongly attracted to UV the references I read say that mozzies may be attracted to UV but the pull is not huge, some species more than others. Some studies show that UV traps mainly collect other insects including harmless or beneficial ones.
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Even if a few hundred are killed there are a million more where they came from so how does that stop you getting bitten? Put another way, even if they kill some I doubt the improvement is significant enough to bother.
So do I. Includes midges.
Looking at prior posts in this topic suggests the zappers are not a solution or worse just a gimmick that might kill a few mosquitoes. Effective control not delivered.
Iām part way through trialing the spray on clothing repellant. Itās not a substitute for using repellant on your exposed skin. Iām hopeful it will discourage ticks from grabbing hold as I brush past. It does seem when freshly applied to discourage landing on clothing. Nothing new, we had a DEET based laundry treatment years past (tropical rated to reduce malaria risk).
When out in the verandah if the air is really very still the plug in electrical heated repellant devices seem to have some effect. So do the good old mosquito coils. Debatably both also have a repellant effect on house guests.
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I have no experience with the heated pad type mozzie repellers, but as for mosquito coils I thoroughly distolerate them. They give me the sweats, sinus problems and a blinding headache so they are a banned item in my vicinity. As also is citronella and most of the spray/dab/roll on type repellents such as rid, deet, dimp, some forms of aeroguard.
However I do tolerate aeroguard *odourless low irritant and it works quite well, but the downside is it leaves a greasy film on your skin which has to be washed off prior to hitting the sack.
*claimed to be odourless but in fact has a weak odour.
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I use this too. The only thing (besides covering myself in baby oil) that stops me getting bitten by midges/sandflies and mozzies. I have found it in Woolies and some chemists too but generally buy it directly from āthe localsā online.
We live on the Central Coast, NSW. When we go outside around dusk we get monstored by mozzies. Are there any mozzie zappers that help or is it better to use citronella candles and repellents on our skin? All advice appreciated.
Welcome to the Community @Phill,
I merged your question into this old but relevant topic. You will get some good insights scanning through it.
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Welcome to the community @Phill.
Repellents (with DEET) and other protection (such as long sleeves/legs, screens on windows etc) will be far more effective than mozzie zapper.
Some chemical based insect repellents, such as those which plug in to a power point can be effective in closed spaces.
Mozzie zappers donāt really work with mozzies, but more effective for flies, moths and other insects attracted to blue light. Mozzies are attracted to CO2 and body heat, than blue light,l. Hence the above recommendation.
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