Do Bug Zappers Work? Q. I assumed I learn someplace that bug zappers don’t really work. My neighbor’s zapper is driving me loopy with that ZZZZT noise all night time. I’d like to indicate him proof that each one he’s doing is annoying his neighbor. A. Yes, Zap Zone Defender Testimonial there is a few scientific knowledge on the usefulness of bug zappers, however first we want to distinguish between the bug zappers that homeowners use in their yards to (hopefully) kill mosquitoes, and the commercial insect gentle traps that pest control professionals use mostly in restaurants, meals plants, and warehouses. These expensive business traps are used primarily to kill house flies and so they do work. The relatively inexpensive yard bug zappers kill loads of flying insects, simply not mosquitoes. Bug zappers use ultraviolet mild to attract mosquitoes to a steel grid the place they are electrocuted or “zapped.” Those who personal these traps swear by them. They level to the piles of dead insects that they empty out of the lure every morning. And people insects do look like mosquitoes. But mostly they are midges, harmless fliers that do not chew and are thought-about beneficial. Bug zappers actually entice and kill only a few mosquitoes. Instead, the ultraviolet light attracts hordes of insects into the yard that wouldn’t have been there in any other case. Yard zappers have never fared very properly in analysis tests. One study discovered that 89% of the zapped insects were midges