Do Bug Zappers Work? Q. I assumed I learn somewhere that bug zappers don’t really work. My neighbor’s zapper is driving me crazy with that ZZZZT noise all night time. I’d like to indicate him proof that each 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'd like to distinguish between the bug zappers that homeowners use of their yards to (hopefully) kill mosquitoes, and the commercial insect mild traps that pest management professionals use principally in restaurants, food plants, and warehouses. These costly commercial traps are used mainly to kill home flies they usually do work. The relatively cheap yard bug zappers kill plenty of flying insects, simply not mosquitoes. Bug zappers use ultraviolet mild to attract mosquitoes to a metal grid the place they are electrocuted or "zapped." Those who own these traps swear by them. They level to the piles of useless insects that they empty out of the trap each morning. And those insects do appear to be mosquitoes. But largely they're midges, harmless fliers that don't chew and are thought-about useful. Bug zappers actually entice and kill very few mosquitoes. Instead, the ultraviolet light attracts hordes of insects into the yard that wouldn’t have been there in any other case. Yard zappers have by no means fared very effectively in research assessments. One study found that 89% of the zapped insects have been midges