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OK, these dang mosqitoes must be dealt with. Anyone use one of these electronic zappers? For the money ($6) it's worth at least a try.  | ||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
Save the trouble and get a couple Thermacells. It's the only thing I've found that will reliably keep them away. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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Ya gotta hit em with those. The violet ones have bait.  Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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I have one. Works good on slow moving Moths. ********* "Some people are alive today because it's against the law to kill them". | |||
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000...gid=pla-350174094904 I have a bug zapper like this that I use when I sit out to smoke a cigar at night. It works well and keeps the little bastards away from me. I set mine about 20 feet away from where I am sitting and it draws them to it, away from me. If it is sitting too close to you, they still bug you. | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process  |
https://t.harborfreight.com/el...y-swatter-62540.html I got one at Harbor Freight, free gift, I believe. We had an infestation of mosquitoes of sorts after the rains last spring. After I brought this one home, and zapped a few, they took their business elsewhere, it seems. Every now and then some bug goes flying through here, when we leave the door open for the cats. The trick is getting the zapper quickly. Once you do, and get it set, there is a satisfying SNAP! Much more rewarding that merely whacking them with a rolled up magazine etc. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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I got the freebie from Harbor Freight too. Only problem is there is a protective grid in front of the zappy wires. So you have to make sure the bug gets past the grid or they will not get juiced. | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process |
OTOH, that saves you from getting zapped by an irate wife. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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| A day late, and a dollar short  |
Does it work on fly's? ____________________________ NRA Life Member, Annual Member GOA, MGO Annual Member | |||
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I zap flies with mine all the time. Way easier than traditional fly swatter | |||
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| A day late, and a dollar short |
Thanks! I've got to get one. ____________________________ NRA Life Member, Annual Member GOA, MGO Annual Member | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
We used to have one like that. ("Used to?"... <goes out to the garage and looks...> Still do.) Had it set up ±30' from the deck. Never seemed to do much good. One day I read they don't attract mosquitoes at all. The ones you find in there are there by accident. As for the other bugs? They attract more than they kill. Stopped using it. Noticed no difference. (And, yeah, it was working. Trust me: It was definitely working.) This article is typical of what I've read about bug zappers: Do bug zappers really help fight mosquitoes? YMMV, I guess. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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All I know is, when mosquitos are bothering me and I turn the zapper on, they no longer bother me. IDK. Maybe the mosquitos are not so bright around here? That is until they get zapped... | |||
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The only time they seem to work for me is if there's no breeze, which isn't often. _____________________________________________________ Sliced bread, the greatest thing since the 1911. | |||
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| You can't go home again  |
Picked on up at harbor freight for the flies and man does it work well. I was killing all manner of things with it this summer. Spent $3 on it there. --------------------------------------- Life Member NRA “If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve." - Lao Tzu | |||
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Ya, zap those suckers all the time. Moths are my main enemy. I fry them up so good they explode into bits. They work on large house flies but require more fry time to reach the explosion phase. __Phase plasma rifle in the 40-watt range__ | |||
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