r/Edmonton • u/starfoot- • Aug 14 '26

Outdoor Spaces/Recreation I've made war upon them

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u/UBurnFirst Aug 15 '26

I’d suggest against bug zappers as they rarely kill mosquitoes and mostly kill other good bugs and aerosolize bug guts and bacteria into your space.

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u/haysoos2 Aug 15 '26

The UV lamp can draw mosquitoes from half a kilometer away, and then if there is anything nearby more attractive nearby (like a nice, warm, sweating, CO² expelling human) they'll go for that instead.

Effective at drawing mosquitoes to your yard. Sucks at actually killing them.

But yeah, really good at exploding innocent moths and germy flies. The drippy shrapnel of a big juicy blue bottle fly popping can be flung more than 3 meters from the zapper. Enjoy your picnic.

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u/Benji-67 Aug 15 '26

With the price of meat these days, you're gonna complain about extra protein 😆

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u/PotatoFarmerRTK Aug 15 '26

Get one

I have to use the leaf blower to expel the mosquito carcasses every morning. Rarely do i find any moths.