Re: Mosquitoes and moths indoors?

Cheryl Isaak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I have a "decoy" light away from the door. I turn the porch light out and
> that one on. Moths head thataway and very few things follow us in.
> 
> Cheryl
> 
> On 12/2/03 8:23 AM, in article
> [EMAIL PROTECTED], "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > I am hoping someone can offer some useful *CHEAP* advice.
> > 
> > Quite often on hot summer nights, if someone opens the door at home
> > for more than a split second, the house ends up literally swarming
> > with moths and mosquitoes. Whole squadrons of these damn pests. I have
> > read a little bit online about these insects recently, since it has
> > become such a nuisance.
> > I am sick and tired of going into battle time and again, armed with
> > fly spray. I was hoping that there might be some sort of cheap simple
> > traps that can be built for luring and killing moths and mosquitoes
> > indoors. I am definitely not at all interested in spending big dollars
> > on some fancy device. No chance at all. Zero. Forget it.
> > Surely there must be something that can be rigged up to attract and
> > trap moths and mosquitoes? Since it's an indoor problem, it doesn't
> > need to attract insects from miles around.
> > The thing to keep in mind is, *repelling* these moths and mosquitoes
> > defeats the whole purpose, since they are already indoors and simply
> > swarm about. I have read that the U.V. Light bug zappers generally do
> > not attract mosquitoes.

Now, that is a method I can agree with.

TB