I hung a UV bug zapper on my terrace all summer just to kill mosquitoes: the day I looked at what was fried inside, I unplugged it for good
After six weeks of listening to my terrace bug zapper supposedly protecting me from mosquitoes, one glance inside the collection tray revealed a graveyard of moths, beetles, and midges—but barely any mosquitoes. Decades of scientific research confirms what my own eyes discovered: bug zappers are remarkably ineffective at their core job.