Bug zappers

[Kondla, Norbert FOR:EX]

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villainous devices but have never seen any published or unpublished data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
845 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, British Columbia V1N 1H3
Phone 250-365-8610
Mailto:Norbert.Kondla at gems3.gov.bc.ca       
http://www.env.gov.bc.ca


 
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