If you have a bug zapper up, it's time to take it down.
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If you have a bug zapper up, it's time to take it down.
A University of Delaware study analyzed nearly 14,000 insects killed by zappers over one summer. Mosquitoes accounted for less than 1%. The other 99%? Moths, beetles, midges, fireflies, and other beneficial insects.
It's even worse than it sounds: mosquitoes find you by carbon dioxide, body heat, and skin chemistry. Your zapper is completely invisible to them.
Meanwhile it's running all night massacring the pollination night shift.
#Nature #Insects #Bugs #Pollinators@dbattistella now I'm imagining a couple of bats saying to each other, "let's pop over to Bob's, he always serves those crispy fried moths".
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@dbattistella One 30-year old study that implies (but does not state) that they were looking at outdoor zappers, in one small, marshy area of Delaware, with a very small sample size is not much of a data point that can be universally applied.
@kittylyst It's definitely true that those traps don't differentiate between species, and that they are rather bad at catching mosquitos. So why kill many more of the animals that would kill mosquitos if you want fewer mosquitos? Just for the satisfying sound of the kill?
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If you have a bug zapper up, it's time to take it down.
A University of Delaware study analyzed nearly 14,000 insects killed by zappers over one summer. Mosquitoes accounted for less than 1%. The other 99%? Moths, beetles, midges, fireflies, and other beneficial insects.
It's even worse than it sounds: mosquitoes find you by carbon dioxide, body heat, and skin chemistry. Your zapper is completely invisible to them.
Meanwhile it's running all night massacring the pollination night shift.
#Nature #Insects #Bugs #Pollinators@dbattistella They also are killing pollinators.
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@kittylyst It's definitely true that those traps don't differentiate between species, and that they are rather bad at catching mosquitos. So why kill many more of the animals that would kill mosquitos if you want fewer mosquitos? Just for the satisfying sound of the kill?
@dbattistella@dasgrueneblatt @dbattistella They seem to do an excellent job of wiping out mosquitos indoors.
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If you have a bug zapper up, it's time to take it down.
A University of Delaware study analyzed nearly 14,000 insects killed by zappers over one summer. Mosquitoes accounted for less than 1%. The other 99%? Moths, beetles, midges, fireflies, and other beneficial insects.
It's even worse than it sounds: mosquitoes find you by carbon dioxide, body heat, and skin chemistry. Your zapper is completely invisible to them.
Meanwhile it's running all night massacring the pollination night shift.
#Nature #Insects #Bugs #Pollinators@dbattistella oh, man, you were never at the barracks of Oggau, Burgenland, Austria ....
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Thanks for the news, and the article.
I too searched and found the same link, but what stood out , amongst other things is that this study is published in 1996. 3 decades ago. While this method has not changed there are likely newer methods, to kill insects, being used.
Wonder if anything has changed ( presence of insects, population of insects, other (ans alternative) methods and their effectiveness.
@ramkay @bovaz @dbattistella 1996 cannot have been three decades ago
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@ramkay @bovaz @dbattistella 1996 cannot have been three decades ago
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If you have a bug zapper up, it's time to take it down.
A University of Delaware study analyzed nearly 14,000 insects killed by zappers over one summer. Mosquitoes accounted for less than 1%. The other 99%? Moths, beetles, midges, fireflies, and other beneficial insects.
It's even worse than it sounds: mosquitoes find you by carbon dioxide, body heat, and skin chemistry. Your zapper is completely invisible to them.
Meanwhile it's running all night massacring the pollination night shift.
#Nature #Insects #Bugs #Pollinators@dbattistella If life gives you standing water, pour it out, and dig or set a BIGGER pool of standing water. ADD TADPOLES AND FISH. Enjoy the nightly frog music and fish with healthy mosquito-larvae-boosted fish fat.
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@ramkay @bovaz @dbattistella 1996 cannot have been three decades ago
@jawnsy@mastodon.social @ramkay@mastodon.social @dbattistella@mstdn.ca I think they meant decaliters. "1996 was three decaliters ago", as in they drank 30 liters of, presumably, water since them. So it's less than a month ago, which sounds about right. -
If you have a bug zapper up, it's time to take it down.
A University of Delaware study analyzed nearly 14,000 insects killed by zappers over one summer. Mosquitoes accounted for less than 1%. The other 99%? Moths, beetles, midges, fireflies, and other beneficial insects.
It's even worse than it sounds: mosquitoes find you by carbon dioxide, body heat, and skin chemistry. Your zapper is completely invisible to them.
Meanwhile it's running all night massacring the pollination night shift.
#Nature #Insects #Bugs #Pollinators@dbattistella we have four in the house. They'll stay. No goddamn place for moths.
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@jawnsy@mastodon.social @ramkay@mastodon.social @dbattistella@mstdn.ca I think they meant decaliters. "1996 was three decaliters ago", as in they drank 30 liters of, presumably, water since them. So it's less than a month ago, which sounds about right.
@bovaz @dbattistella @ramkay Thank you, this makes much more sense
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If you have a bug zapper up, it's time to take it down.
A University of Delaware study analyzed nearly 14,000 insects killed by zappers over one summer. Mosquitoes accounted for less than 1%. The other 99%? Moths, beetles, midges, fireflies, and other beneficial insects.
It's even worse than it sounds: mosquitoes find you by carbon dioxide, body heat, and skin chemistry. Your zapper is completely invisible to them.
Meanwhile it's running all night massacring the pollination night shift.
#Nature #Insects #Bugs #PollinatorsSOFORT verbieten und raus aus dem Handel.
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If you have a bug zapper up, it's time to take it down.
A University of Delaware study analyzed nearly 14,000 insects killed by zappers over one summer. Mosquitoes accounted for less than 1%. The other 99%? Moths, beetles, midges, fireflies, and other beneficial insects.
It's even worse than it sounds: mosquitoes find you by carbon dioxide, body heat, and skin chemistry. Your zapper is completely invisible to them.
Meanwhile it's running all night massacring the pollination night shift.
#Nature #Insects #Bugs #Pollinators -
If you have a bug zapper up, it's time to take it down.
A University of Delaware study analyzed nearly 14,000 insects killed by zappers over one summer. Mosquitoes accounted for less than 1%. The other 99%? Moths, beetles, midges, fireflies, and other beneficial insects.
It's even worse than it sounds: mosquitoes find you by carbon dioxide, body heat, and skin chemistry. Your zapper is completely invisible to them.
Meanwhile it's running all night massacring the pollination night shift.
#Nature #Insects #Bugs #Pollinators@dbattistella I've never had a zapper, but can you provide a link to the study?
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