Insect Trap on EBay

[desertbirds]

not sure if people have experimented with lights but what i have noticed is that the my bug zapper (minus the zappy bit) attracts loads of moths and some other insects,my normal house globes under the verandah are far more effective at attracting smaller insects like flying ants.A combination of the lights might really useful for attrcting a bigger range of insects.

[SamDavis]

Got it yesterday. This morning it had around 50 or so small moths inside. No mozzies that I could detect! So not so good for its intended purpose, but looks to be ok for our purpose. Of course, not very scientific to judge based on one night's catch.

A combination of the lights might really useful for attrcting a bigger range of insects.

Good idea - this thing has two small "black" light tubes, so maybe I could replace one with a standard white tube.

[jusdeb]

Be careful the white tube doesnt get too hot and melt any plastic parts or catch alight ....any dried out critters will combust easily .

[Buzzard-1]

If there tubes fair chance they would be florescent and wont generate heat but check first as Deb says.

[SamDavis]

They're little fluorescent tubes - about 6 inches long. I doubt heat will be an issue - although it is a bit flimsy. I'll leave it as is for a few weeks and see how it goes...

[E Orix]

With regard the dozens of insects around a household light.
While it may seem alot, the black lights attract far more bugs from a longer distance and remember they don't just hang around the light but are sucked in and more then come in. We have fiddled with these for years and in my opinion a 40watt circular UV tube in front of a 300mm kitchen exhaust fan has worked best for me.

[SamDavis]

Although this insect trap gizmo works, it doesn't catch as many critters each night as I'd like. Just enough for one of my aviaries (housing 5 pairs). My diamonds and tricolors go nuts for the moths - amazing watching them do the "humming bird hover" as they pluck a moth in mid-air. No doubt a larger light and exhaust fan (as E Orix says) would work much better.