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> An ordinary UV lamp with bug zapper will probably be more effective. Alas, as I discovered recently when looking at those nifty, cheap, USB-powered UV + fan
by Jedd 6y ago
> An ordinary UV lamp with bug zapper will probably be more effective.
Alas, as I discovered recently when looking at those nifty, cheap, USB-powered UV + fan mosquito killers -- mosquitoes aren't attracted to UV.
Evidently they are attracted to CO2 and warmth, which are a bit harder to generate at 5V, sadly.
- klipt 6y agoThere are some blog posts about building mosquito traps that generate CO2, I think they use yeast to do it and can be pretty effective!
- pmontra 6y agoI saw those videos. The problem is the maintenance, adding yeast and cleaning the trap. Imagine scaling to multiple traps in a house or the garden. On the other side, burning methane generates CO2: CH4 + 2 O2 → CO2 + 2 H2O. Methane is distributed nearly everywhere in my country for cooking and heating. That at least solves the problem of refilling. I guess we should burn a very small amount of methane to lure mosquitoes into those traps. But how about climate change etc.?
- thatcat 6y agoYou could possibly compost, which already is generating CO2 in your garden, and arrange it into a trap
- xorcist 6y ago> Imagine scaling to multiple traps in a house or the garden. If you have a mosquito problem, refilling your traps is the least of your worries. (These types of traps are commercially available and quite effective.)