Bug zappers

[Jeffrey A. Caldwell]

"Bug Zappers" are the subject of a sidebar in Russell Link's Landscaping for
Wildlife in the Pacific Northwest [p.78]. It says: "One study of 13,798 "zapped"
insects showed that only 31 (0.22 percent) were biting flies. 13.5 percent were
insect predators or parasites. So the net effect was to probably to make the
user's problems worse, not better" -- perhaps a conspiracy to sell more insect
repellents?

Jeffrey A. Caldwell
Garden Habitat Network

"Kondla, Norbert FOR:EX" wrote:

> I am referring to those interesting contraptions with lights that attract
> flying insects and then fry them with electricity.  I share the concern
> about pointless killing of large numbers of non-biting insects by these
> villainous devices but have never seen any published or unpublished data
> that describes the carnage.  Anyone have any citations or personal
> observations to share on this topic? Maybe we can get the anti-collectors
> and anti-releasers to spend some energy on criticizing something that really
> may be a serious issue for insect conservation :-)
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> Norbert Kondla  P.Biol., RPBio.
> Forest Ecosystem Specialist, Ministry of Environment
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> Phone 250-365-8610
> Mailto:Norbert.Kondla at gems3.gov.bc.ca
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