Do bug zappers really work?

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Mosquitoes suck. Literally. So what's the most effective way to get rid of them. A lot of people will use bug zappers this summer in their backyards and on their patios. But do bug zappers actually work? And how do bug zappers work? Sheryl breaks down the chemical and electrical components of bug zappers, as well as the reasons you probably don't actually want a bug zapper near you.
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@jeffmoore9179 3 жыл бұрын

I had a UV bug zapper on my deck last year and the mosquito carcasses were enormous. I dont care if male or female, they were overpopulated and I was glad to kill as many as possible. The other insects killed was not even noticeable.

@SirCamsmorethanalot 2 жыл бұрын

BS!... whose payroll are you on?

@buddyguy7999 2 жыл бұрын

Ya, mine killed thousands of mosquitos the first night along with 3 moths. There’s already a huge noticeable difference in the population. It also killed 3 moths which isn’t anymore than get get caught on the spiders web light. Beneficial insects are great and I’ll definitely quit running it once the population is under control. You should also place you zapper away from human activity for reasons mentioned in this video.

@itzamia Жыл бұрын

Mine did too. I was thinking 5% sounded like a low number of mosquitos killed when I had a mound of dead ones from my bug zapper.

@username8191 Жыл бұрын

@@SirCamsmorethanalot agree lol these things never work

@duanejones1796 Жыл бұрын

@HabibTheHeeb 9 ай бұрын

I have one in my apartment for flys or any flying bug. It works amazingly. I use it as a night light and the zapping is a plus.

@Anony1990 3 жыл бұрын

Really needed this video this video. Thanks 🙏🏼

@chris10hi Жыл бұрын

Great video, very informative. Well done.

@adrianmillard6598 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. I really appreciate the information.

@Desolator84 3 жыл бұрын

But when you only have flies and mosquitoes indoors? I like those odds then.

@rmigofun 11 ай бұрын

Yes, they really work, the high voltage zappers are better than those traps with a fan.

@rocco69rocks8 3 жыл бұрын

Every year my family would get eaten alive by mosquitos. I decided to take action I purchased the Dynatrap, The balckflag zapper, and black and Decker zapper. I put them around my house. I also put hanging yellow sticky fly traps..it was like 4th of july..no more mosquito bites..

@davids9139 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you've convinced me that I need a bug zapper. :)

@andrewcoons2672 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! You’ve convinced me you’re a tool.

@BangBang-hk4rg 3 жыл бұрын

🤣😂🤣😂

@thinkingoutloud675 2 жыл бұрын

YES

@humblyright 2 жыл бұрын

Ditto!

@arunryuk777 Жыл бұрын

What should i use then

@mecurian485 2 жыл бұрын

I made my own bug zapper. I disabled the UV light and put in a couple of dirty sock then hung it outside the window. The thing was going off all night and after about a week there was quite a pile of mosquitoes and flies in the tray under the zapper. Had to change the socks every once is a while, but worked well.

@lambvindaloo Жыл бұрын

you are a genius!

@erictalkington5674 Жыл бұрын

I have neighbors in a two apartment setup above a small factory and we share a porch. They started putting up a bug zapper last summer which sounded great.....at first. Then, I noticed every night a TON of bugs came to our porch that would never have been there otherwise because of the zapper and most of them don't go to the zapper. Most of them hang out on our porch on the walls and I'd get swarmed with moths and other shit, even a locust came up to our porch one night! We never have bugs except a few flies that keep flying in circles on our porch in the day time, but they leave it on 24 hours a day and I felt like I was in a jungle when I go outside to have a cigarette. I hate it. They just put it back up today and I'm gonna freak out. Also last summer, I never had bugs in my place until that damn light went up. A bunch of gnats started coming up there and they found a way into my apartment and I'd see them all the time.

@urgaynknowit 11 ай бұрын

Your neighbors weren’t aware that you use zappers indoors ,, you attract to kill, outdoors you repel…

@chrishadjipetris6059 7 ай бұрын

The only thing I do with my bug zapper, I just leave it in my bedroom to zap the mosquitoes in the room one hour before sleeping. If it zaps something else, it's usually clothe bugs or flies, and generally insects that I would kill anyway if I saw them in my room

@edwingindoy8570 3 жыл бұрын

try the bug zapper and mosquito racket combo i've been using this method for a long time finally i've found my ultimate revenge with these blood suckers

@coolelectronics1759 3 жыл бұрын

I just ordered the monster zapper. Any sugestions of some DIY atractant I can put on the tray or on it for them safely?

@spacedog944 9 ай бұрын

Now I see why mines not working ;/ amazing video!

@trevorw.7739 4 жыл бұрын

That was a really good video!

@robertmcdaniel8147 Жыл бұрын

Excellent and informative presentation, Cheryl! I look forward to watching more of your video clips.

@wenren7895 10 ай бұрын

I just brought my very first bug zapper for my upcoming camping trip, I was worry about killing beneficial insects with it. Now I'm informed and going to use it less.

@TheRealRiverRansom 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting! As a child i often avoided eating bananas because i had been told this was attractive to mosquitoes. I still rarely eat bananas, but i am not sure if it really protects me from insects!

@TheRovingNaturalist 4 жыл бұрын

That's an interesting question! I'm going to have to add that to my research for the next mosquito video.

@davouchi1 2 жыл бұрын

I live near a river so I get a lot of them little bastards. I find mosquito coils the most effective way to keep them away and I don't really mind the smell but my sister always seems to get dizzy and lite headed whenever she smells the burning coils. I will try a fan tonight in our outdoor setting and see how it goes.

@jackieparent5027 Жыл бұрын

Don't have mosquitoes. Does any kill flies?

@HoosierDaddy5381 3 жыл бұрын

There were more facial expressions in this video than Kirsten Stewart has had in her life.

@fastsetinthewest 9 күн бұрын

Wow, I wish I could be her friend. A beauty here. Appears to be highly intelligent.

@Johnny53kgb-nsa 3 жыл бұрын

They do sound kind of cool though.

@King_Of_Games Жыл бұрын

Just started watching this and I’m trying to find a dragonfly dealer now

@aaroncrosby2173 2 жыл бұрын

is this a video about insects zappers or bush walks?

@deaconpladek 2 жыл бұрын

YOU get an A+ for passion, energy and delivery. Just when I was considering a SUPER large bug zapper that would cover 2+ acres, I'm rethinking my plan that just maybe there are some other ways to solve my bug problem. (I like another comment where a guy took out the UV light and replaced it with his socks) These "odd" ideas are noteworthy choices to consider. Keep up the good work, and get your own TV series on national geographic.

@etow8034 2 жыл бұрын

For outdoor areas the Mosquito Magnet which uses propane is specially designed to control the mosquito population over a two to three month period, it mimics CO2 that is emitted by the human body to trick mosquitoes and it gets sucked in with a vacuum. UV light will only attract a certain percentage of mosquito and other insects as well. For indoors I would use a combination of UV bug zapper and an ozone generator to get it it under control. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aM-TeLumvtvej4k.html

@abhishekpadhye4337 2 жыл бұрын

My hands always do the work😆

@cynthialopes917 2 жыл бұрын

What about flies biting animals? Best way to keep em away? I see animals get sprayed. Some with organic safe stuff. And salt licks with garlic. But flies just multiply. Maybe put fly strips hanging off farm friends? Idk just food for thought.

@TheRovingNaturalist 2 жыл бұрын

If you're talking about domestic agricultural animals, I know there are some good Integrated Pest Management options available! I'm not aware of all of the specifics, but I had a friend who did research on parasitic wasps that controlled filth fly populations, so there are often less "harsh" ways of dealing with those larger-scale problems, too.

@ARAFELI 3 жыл бұрын

I was about to buy bug zapper but I might just get a fan after all.

@rogerrabbit7469 3 жыл бұрын

Be sure to get one of those big industrials fans

@alanhigh8125 Жыл бұрын

I keep two running inside the house during the summer.... for gnats and flies.

@edwingindoy8570 3 жыл бұрын

also try dry ice put it under the zapper see what happens

@coolelectronics1759 3 жыл бұрын

just ordered the monster zapper its on the way I might just try that If I can get the ice though

@pollodiesh 2 жыл бұрын

Really a good video

@jcayeros1 8 күн бұрын

She got a Chad build

@r.t.hannah9575 3 жыл бұрын

Enders game with a broken spine, Inferno, and the Divine Comedy all on the same shelf? A woman of culture I see.

@TheRovingNaturalist 3 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah, we really like to read in this house!

@Brandon68plus1 2 жыл бұрын

They definitely work but create a feeding frenzy underneath with everything eating dead bugs falling.

@fillmorehillmore8239 4 жыл бұрын

They do work on those stupid green flies that come out on humid nights with low wind.

@haciendadad 2 жыл бұрын

I bought a Black & Decker bug zapper, and lasted less than 2 months. I bought a smaller one for $30 and then a larger one for $65 and both were Black and Decker. I'll never buy a B&D product again!

@alanhigh8125 Жыл бұрын

They're made in China. I currently have two of them in the half acre size.... but mine are indoors to kill flies and gnats. We'll see how long they last.

@eaterdrinker000 4 жыл бұрын

Dear Naturalist: I hope this does not seem like a non-sequitur or an insult, but your personality, mannerisms, and appearance strongly resemble those of Caitlin Doughty of the KZfaq channel "Ask a Mortician." That's a good thing!

@TheRovingNaturalist 4 жыл бұрын

Aw thanks! I think Caitlin is absolutely amazing and her channel is fascinating. Is it maybe the bangs/fringe? ;)

@meghanhixon3241 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheRovingNaturalist also the mannerisms and the way you explain things. You are very informative a natural teacher.

@apennington9886 11 ай бұрын

Go to jackson creek and place that thing down and watch overnight (its in oregon) kills like 500 of those dudes a minute kills a moth every 8 minutes or 20 minutes we turn it off about 10 pm 10:30 we turn it on 8 - 9 pm

@cch201992 Жыл бұрын

Ah yes let's have bats instead of mosquitoes... Yeah that's nah from me dog😅

@TheRovingNaturalist Жыл бұрын

I mean, I'd rather have cute little mammals that eat insects than insects that make me itch and carry deadly diseases 🤷‍♀️

@cch201992 Жыл бұрын

@@TheRovingNaturalist ... We literally just done with a bat caused pandemic that destroyed the world's economy and will likely kill more in the coming war cause by the economic collapse ... But yeah bats 😅

@TheRovingNaturalist Жыл бұрын

To be clear, scientists' best guess at the moment is that SARS-CoV-2 may have originated in bats, but also that the disease spread to humans from a different animal. Also, the specific viral "species" that caused the pandemic has not been isolated from any bat species, and a similar virus was only isolated from a single bat species in China. Malaria, just one of many diseases vectored by mosquitoes, kills around 627,000 people each year, and rather than being a pandemic that flares up and recedes, malaria is a chronic problem. Other diseases vectored by mosquitoes cause these insects to be responsible for between 725,000 to 1 million deaths *every year*

@speedraser2605 4 жыл бұрын

Destroy eggs with eco friendly means in ground and in standing water.

@benstr8156 Жыл бұрын

Longer term.. from dust you came forth, to dust you'll return.

@typar6431 10 ай бұрын

She completely lost me when she said to "make my yard friendly for bats". Stop the cap

@LarasHadEnough 6 ай бұрын

and "climate change"

@suntiki33 2 ай бұрын

@@LarasHadEnoughplease post the various scientific material you’ve read. Also, I would like to know what personal data you’ve gathered from around the World, incuding any chages to the oceans you’ve studied. Don’t forget to add all of the other scientists and biologists you’ve conferred with. I’ll wait.

@elimarc3891 Жыл бұрын

Dead mosquitos atract live mosquitos

@ericksonjustinAK 11 ай бұрын

Very good video to discourage everybody from having bug zappers because humans bad. I however think mosquitoes are also useful insects. They are responsible for pollenating more plants than bees and they are 80% of the food source for many other living things that eat flying insects. But there is nothing wrong with someone killing all of them and many other bugs within an acre of their cabin that is amongst millions and millions of acres were mosquitoes are free to exist amongst us life loving humans.

@edwingindoy8570 3 жыл бұрын

ask help from an electronics technician