dpb wrote in
oups.com:


I was thinking the question had more to do w/ the nuisance moths and
that sort of thing than 'skeeters which aren't that light-attracted
anyway, from what I've read. They're mostly scent-/temperature-driven
iiuc.

And CO2.(your breath)

My ploy is to keep a couple of the UV bug-zappers running 24/7, one
fairly close to the front porch to draw as much away as possible.
These make a very noticeable reduction in the nuisance bugs but aren't
particularly helpful for mosquitos, either. I spray the barns/lots
regularly for flies anyway, so when have load of malathion ready, will
do the grass in the yard then if they're being a problem. That pretty
much knocks 'em down for quite a while. For the entrance light we
have a 2nd-story-mounted flood so it's far enough away that what it
attracts isn't a direct nuisance and that provides enough light to
find one's way from the garage to the door and so rarely try to use
the direct porch light at the front door during warm weather.

Don't know if any of those ideas/remedies are of any use or not, but
consider the cost...

--




I hear that the bug zappers with the propane burner to generate CO2 work
very well,but you situate them AWAY from where you want bug-free.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net