Discussion: Do Yellow Bug Lights Keep Bugs Away? (www.thespruce.com)

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I recently replaced two outdoor light bulbs with dusk-till-dawn bug lights from Sunco. Immediately noticed less bugs around lights which means less bugs caught in the never ending spider webs.

Anyone else do this?

Another article with more science: https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/45105/20230727/what-bug-light-bulbs-effective-repelling-insects.htm

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[-] cybermatrix@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago

Good tip @Mike D. I want to make lightpoints for my house and sauna house in near future as it's get autumn and winter here. So I will now look for a yellow glass screen for these lights. The yellow I also like more for the warmth. Hope I have bought lights with good CRI which have larger color frequency range and give more natural yellow as result

[-] PutangInaMo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

We used to use yellow "bug lights" and they did help.

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