Mosquito "Trap" Blows Bugs Away

Mosquito "Trap" Blows Bugs Away MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Pest Animals 34-5-30 A photocell, old computer fan and small fluorescent bulb keep Brian LaDuke's enclosed porch mosquito-free. The rural Ontario man lives in a forested, humid area where mosquitoes are thick in the evening. It was difficult to keep them out of his front screened porch, and they would fly into the house when the door was opened. So, he came up with his own version of a bug zapper where he doesn't have to clean up any dead bugs. He bought an old computer fan that is about 6-in. in diameter, but any type fan would work, LaDuke says. He put the fan in the wall about 6 ft. from the floor, positioned so it blows air outside. He wired up a lamp socket with a 7-watt fluorescent bulb inside in front of the fan, and he purchased a photocell to mount on the outside of the building. The photocell triggers the light and fan to turn on from dusk to dawn. Mosquitoes come to the light and the force of the fan blows them outside. "Not only do they eliminate any bugs in my porch, I also get a night light as a bonus," LaDuke says. "If there's a lot of bug traffic I have to take a small wire brush to the fan housing about once a month." The simple system cost him less than $10, he says. It should also work in screen porches, gazebos, and even small sheds with livestock. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Brian LaDuke, RR 1, Lunenburg, Ont. KOC 1R0 Canada (ph 613 534-8538; bugeliminator@hotmail.com).

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