Re: Mosquitoes and moths indoors?

Try turning the light off outside before entering the house.  We have a similar
problem, year round.  We use yellow bug bulb and when we enter or exit the
house, have access to turn it off for the door opening.


On 2 Dec 2003 05:23:44 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] opined:

>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.