|
|
Post by trailboss on Nov 7, 2020 10:29:56 GMT -5
I have had a large 1/2 acre bug zapper in the back corner of the yard for years and it has provided years of redneck entertainment.
A few years back I got an indoor one to put above the kitchen cupboards to get the pesky occasional gnat that finds the wife attractive. (Bugs just don’t tend to bite me because I am a reservoir of liquid death if they drill down.)
Anyway, today I read this:
“ A second concern raised by the numerous studies conducted on bug zappers addresses the side effect of the process: The electrocuted insects are blasted into a fine mist that contains miniscule insect parts, as well as some surviving bacteria and viruses. This mist can be spread up to 7 feet from the device, contaminating the air surrounding the zapper with potentially dangerous organisms commonly carried by flies. For this reason and for simply hygiene purposes, a bug zapper should never be placed near a food preparation area, in a hospital, or around any other sterile environment to prevent the potential spread of disease.
Children should not be allowed to play beneath an operating bug zapper to avoid the risk of coming into contact with these potentially dangerous organisms. There are some bug zapper models that contain a tray which catches insect debris, resulting in less of a health risk. However, the tray will not catch any of the mist that falls beyond its reach.”
|
|
|
|
Post by Darin on Nov 7, 2020 10:33:12 GMT -5
Bug Zappers were a staple of the midwestern back porch … good times.  |
|
|
|
Post by Ronv69 on Nov 7, 2020 10:47:49 GMT -5
I've always been suspicious of those things. I figured they would be overwhelmed by the the hordes of insects down here.
|
|
|
|
Post by trailboss on Nov 7, 2020 10:55:51 GMT -5
I've always been suspicious of those things. I figured they would be overwhelmed by the the hordes of insects down here. I hear you, in Virginia in my wife’s sisters yard is ridiculous. We tend to not have many bug issues, just enough to be annoying at certain times of the year. New housing tracts built by dairy farms is another matter. We visited some people in their new home that complained about flies.🙄 |
|
|
|
Post by simnettpratt on Nov 7, 2020 13:07:33 GMT -5
While I've spent some quality hours with a six pack and a bug zapper, I've always questioned the efficacy of a bug attractant to clear an area of creepy crawlies; there's too many bugs you have to attract and then kill. Seems like creating a no go zone with a repellant would work better*
* not scientifically tested personally
|
|
|
|
Post by Darin on Nov 7, 2020 13:13:07 GMT -5
I picked up a Bug-A-Salt shotgun this year … most fun killing bugs so far!
|
|
|
|
Post by pepesdad1 on Nov 7, 2020 13:15:54 GMT -5
I have had a large 1/2 acre bug zapper in the back corner of the yard for years and it has provided years of redneck entertainment. A few years back I got an indoor one to put above the kitchen cupboards to get the pesky occasional gnat that finds the wife attractive. (Bugs just don’t tend to bite me because I am a reservoir of liquid death if they drill down.) Anyway, today I read this: “ A second concern raised by the numerous studies conducted on bug zappers addresses the side effect of the process: The electrocuted insects are blasted into a fine mist that contains miniscule insect parts, as well as some surviving bacteria and viruses. This mist can be spread up to 7 feet from the device, contaminating the air surrounding the zapper with potentially dangerous organisms commonly carried by flies. For this reason and for simply hygiene purposes, a bug zapper should never be placed near a food preparation area, in a hospital, or around any other sterile environment to prevent the potential spread of disease.Children should not be allowed to play beneath an operating bug zapper to avoid the risk of coming into contact with these potentially dangerous organisms. There are some bug zapper models that contain a tray which catches insect debris, resulting in less of a health risk. However, the tray will not catch any of the mist that falls beyond its reach.” Stupid me...I never thought of the consequences of the bug zapper...thanks for the information and education... no bug zapper for me. |
|
|
|
Post by mrlunting on Nov 7, 2020 14:17:34 GMT -5
So bug zapper for some... fly swaters for others?!?.🤔
|
|
|
|
Post by toshtego on Nov 7, 2020 15:00:34 GMT -5
I had one in southern California and it was entertaining.
In northern New Mexico, mosquitos are a problem in July for a week or so and then they disappear. Flies in August and September are the worst. Fly strips at each window. Swatters always in reach. A horse's tail on a stick if sitting outside. Someone said I should bathe more often but what do they know? Smartasses!!!
|
|
|
|
Post by Ronv69 on Nov 7, 2020 15:53:28 GMT -5
They have some mosquitoe killers in the feed stores that attract and kill them and drop them in a bucket. But they're $350.😮
|
|
|
|
Post by toshtego on Nov 7, 2020 16:19:31 GMT -5
They have some mosquitoe killers in the feed stores that attract and kill them and drop them in a bucket. But they're $350.😮 Usually, they are no a problem for more than a week. Just go inside or use DEET. Back in LA, we had a moth species that burst into flames when it hit the electrode. that always got a round of applause. Bugs get little respect. |
|
|
|
Post by mrlunting on Nov 7, 2020 16:35:02 GMT -5
About mosquitoes. Have you tried smudging citronella? I am an attractant for mosquitoes. It works for me.
|
|
ironclad
Full Member
Hey, hey! What do you say?
Posts: 576
Favorite Pipe: An old Wellington Chesterfield Full Bent Billiard
Favorite Tobacco: PS LNF
Location:
|
Post by ironclad on Nov 7, 2020 16:59:15 GMT -5
I have had a large 1/2 acre bug zapper in the back corner of the yard for years and it has provided years of redneck entertainment. A few years back I got an indoor one to put above the kitchen cupboards to get the pesky occasional gnat that finds the wife attractive. (Bugs just don’t tend to bite me because I am a reservoir of liquid death if they drill down.) Anyway, today I read this: “ A second concern raised by the numerous studies conducted on bug zappers addresses the side effect of the process: The electrocuted insects are blasted into a fine mist that contains miniscule insect parts, as well as some surviving bacteria and viruses. This mist can be spread up to 7 feet from the device, contaminating the air surrounding the zapper with potentially dangerous organisms commonly carried by flies. For this reason and for simply hygiene purposes, a bug zapper should never be placed near a food preparation area, in a hospital, or around any other sterile environment to prevent the potential spread of disease.Children should not be allowed to play beneath an operating bug zapper to avoid the risk of coming into contact with these potentially dangerous organisms. There are some bug zapper models that contain a tray which catches insect debris, resulting in less of a health risk. However, the tray will not catch any of the mist that falls beyond its reach.” Stupid me...I never thought of the consequences of the bug zapper...thanks for the information and education... no bug zapper for me.If you don't want the squishin's then get a black light and hang a sheet over the deck's rail. The bugs will arrive and just sit on the sheet all night long. |
|
|
|
Post by Legend Lover on Nov 7, 2020 17:12:02 GMT -5
Shouldn't be near food prep?
Pretty much every fast food place in Ireland has one of these. That might explain something.
|
|
|
|
Post by Ronv69 on Nov 7, 2020 19:47:56 GMT -5
About mosquitoes. Have you tried smudging citronella? I am an attractant for mosquitoes. It works for me. I have used citronella candles. It works if there is no wind. They don't seem quite as bad here as they were in Houston, but it's early yet. |
|
|
|
Post by Ronv69 on Nov 7, 2020 19:48:20 GMT -5
Shouldn't be near food prep? Pretty much every fast food place in Ireland has one of these. That might explain something. They have bugs in Ireland? |
|
|
|
Post by Legend Lover on Nov 8, 2020 3:29:59 GMT -5
Shouldn't be near food prep? Pretty much every fast food place in Ireland has one of these. That might explain something. They have bugs in Ireland? HAHA. We have flies. |
|
|
|
Post by trailboss on Nov 8, 2020 9:07:57 GMT -5
Shouldn't be near food prep? Pretty much every fast food place in Ireland has one of these. That might explain something. You might be so used to the special seasonings, that should the fast food places get rid of them it might be disappointing. |
|
|
|
Post by Ronv69 on Nov 8, 2020 10:12:58 GMT -5
They have bugs in Ireland? HAHA. We have flies. Yeah, but they are slow and easy to swat. |
|
|
|
Post by mrlunting on Nov 8, 2020 11:54:31 GMT -5
Yeah, but they are slow and easy to swat. Cats are good fly swatters. Lol. |
|
|
|
Post by Ronv69 on Nov 8, 2020 11:56:36 GMT -5
At our old house we could have really used a cat-zapper, 🙀👺
(just kidding) (maybe)
|
|
|
|
Post by mrlunting on Nov 8, 2020 12:06:22 GMT -5
At our old house we could have really used a cat-zapper, 🙀👺 (just kidding) (maybe) lol. Good one! |
|
|
|
Post by urbino on Aug 13, 2021 0:02:17 GMT -5
I couldn't find toshtego's discussion about the Bug-A-Salt, for some reason, so I'll put this here. Whatever the downside to bug zappers, sometimes they're the only thing that works. I've had a bunch of gnats getting in around the bottom of a window. They don't land anywhere long enough to swat (or salt, either, probably), and they're too light to swat in the air. So I got me a couple of zapper swatters. Maybe they shouldn't be used around pacemakers, I'm not sure, but they work. Pow! |
|
|
|
Post by simnettpratt on Aug 13, 2021 2:59:55 GMT -5
You could always use the natural method:  |
|
