As we better understand the flying pests’ biology, we can then formulate ways and technologies to better capture them.

I like that this is a unit for both indoors and outdoors, that it’s also available with lower wattage bulbs, and that it comes with two replacement tube lights.

Ultraviolet fly traps are used extensively these days in schools, offices, nursing homes, hospitals, and different food handling areas to eliminate flies. With our high performance (10,000 cycles per second, UV-A fly light traps, temperature-optimised glueboard) and cost-effective solutions (up to 9,000 hours of continuous use), your workplace or business will be better protected from the flying insects. That being said, I have actually seen blue bottles before now get zapped, drop to the floor, and then all of sudden, take off again. Designed for commercial, factory and warehouse situations, the IND35 Commercial Fly Killer has shatterproof lamps as standard.

Another strike against bug zappers is that they electrocute bugs with such force that some parts, like the hair, legs, or wings, can be blown off the body and completely vaporized. Finally, I also found it useful for taking outside or even leaving it switched on in its stand with the UV light on.With models like this, which I have, I simply plug them into a smart plug and set them to come on in the evening when they are likely to prove the most effective. The EU has already banned the usage of CFL and T12 linear fluorescent lamps starting September 11, 2021, and proposed a ban on the T8 fluorescent lights from September 1 2023.

This BUGZILLA Electric Bug and Fly Zapper I’ve been testing, as pictured above and below, has worked by far the best on blue bottle flies for me personally. It looks more natural and hence the fly light trap becomes more effective in attracting flying insects around. The total power includes the bulbs and all the other bits which don’t attract flies, such as the electric killing grid.However, the hourly illumination events in treatment 3 appeared to supplement the effect of the brightness level produced by one trap and greatly increase the fly attraction above the level expected from one trap. Conlon told us that “when it comes to mosquito control, you can’t trust anything anecdotal from the Internet. They consist of a curtain of lightweight chains which are too heavy for flies to buzz past, while still allowing air and light into the room. Day also points his fan low, telling us that as wind increases, mosquitoes will “go lower and lower into the air column until they get into that transition zone right above the ground where there is no wind and they fly in that. They are especially effective in back-of-house environments such as kitchens, abattoirs, pantries, loading bays, etc.