Do Bug Zappers Work? Q. I assumed I learn somewhere that bug zappers don’t really work. My neighbor’s zapper is driving me loopy with that ZZZZT noise all evening. I’d like to point out him proof that every one he’s doing is annoying his neighbor. A. Yes, there is a few scientific data on the usefulness of bug zappers, however first we want to tell apart between the bug zappers that homeowners use of their yards to (hopefully) kill mosquitoes, and the business insect mild traps that pest control professionals use mostly in restaurants, food plants, and warehouses. These costly commercial traps are used primarily to kill home flies and so they do work. The relatively inexpensive yard bug zappers kill loads of flying insects, simply not mosquitoes. Bug zappers use ultraviolet mild to draw mosquitoes to a metallic grid the place they are electrocuted or "zapped." People who own these traps swear Defender by Zap Zone them. They level to the piles of useless insects that they empty out of the trap each morning. And those insects do look like mosquitoes. But mostly they are midges, harmless fliers that don't chunk and are thought of beneficial. Bug zappers really attract and kill very few mosquitoes. Instead, the ultraviolet light draws hordes of insects into the yard that wouldn’t have been there in any other case. Yard zappers have never fared very properly in research checks. One research discovered that 89% of the zapped insects have been midges