Just a general thought about getting rid of flying critters indoors

[rkymtnman]

Was out in the camper today and saw a small 120VAC bug zapper that I bought to get rid of any mosquitos . Simple design: UV light and some electrically charged wires to zap them when they get close

Anybody tried this indoors??

I think I got mine for like 20 bucks. I know they make battery powered ones for tent camping, etc.

 

[rkymtnman]

something like this



and yes, that is me with the kendo stick about to crazy. lol

 

[DemonTrich]

Im sure it would work, just not in the same room as plants. The lights on the zapper would interfere with the lights off time needed.

Many yrs back, 2019 iirc, I was building uvc light filtering boxes for growers. This is the same setup hvac companies were peddling to homeowners when covid hit to install into their hvac retur ducting. I did the same thing, but substantially cheaper.

Anyways, I put a fan leaf (in a zip lock baggie) with spider mites (scoped) with eggs into said box by the light. After 4hrs the hatched sm were spinning around in circles with 1 leg buried into the leaf. They looked like little sm merry-go-rounds.
Lol