Re: Mosquitoes and moths indoors?

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
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> 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.