Why flying insects gather at artificial light

Re:Why flying insects gather at artificial light by red-iron-pine on Monday April 17, 2023 @02:29PM (#35604591)

They're not kidding when they say full either. I'm in Western Canada and mosquitoes are essentially the unofficial national bird. They big, aggressive, and numerous. Literally handfuls of dead mozzies after running that thing for a few hours.

Is also why I started putting up bird feeders and nesting areas -- they control insects including the mosquitoes, and after seeing just how many were out there...

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Re:Why flying insects gather at artificial light by segmondy on Monday April 17, 2023 @06:21PM (#35607438)

If your house is sealed tight you can build a bat house, hat will control mosquitoes too.

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Re:Why flying insects gather at artificial light by IG_Semmelweiss on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @10:22PM (#35623512)

Be careful.

Bats can contort to fit almost any hole in the house. They are effectively tiny mice.

And just like nice, they make noises with their claws when they get into the walls (they will ryn when not airborne and quite fast too)

And their poop will bring hordes of cockroaches....

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