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Mosquito zapper/swatter things
Mosquito zapper/swatter things
BTW thanks Amy for answering my question about these and for the link! Didn't want thread-jack her trip report, so I thought I would move this question over here.
I guess these are probably old news, but new to me! Does anybody know if the electrical current is high enough to zap something a little bigger than mosquitoes?
Like say...wasps and hornets...a lot of them?
And does the dead little carcass fall right off, or does it stick to it like they do on those blue zapper lights (the ones you see at carnivals and such)?
Thanks!
I guess these are probably old news, but new to me! Does anybody know if the electrical current is high enough to zap something a little bigger than mosquitoes?
Like say...wasps and hornets...a lot of them?
And does the dead little carcass fall right off, or does it stick to it like they do on those blue zapper lights (the ones you see at carnivals and such)?
Thanks!
"The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea." -Isak Dinesen
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California Girl
I am qualified to answer this question! LOL! 
I use the zapper I bought on St. John on flies all the time. Kazzzzap! They take longer to die, so there's more satisfaction in the kill! LOL! The minute they hit the wires, they are zapped enough to stun them, then you have to keep the power on until they fry. The other day I found out if I had a dead one on the racquet, it wouldn't affect another fly, so I had to knock the dead one off before I could kill another one. But the batteries are old in my zapper, so they're probably not putting out much of a charge these days. If I was going after bees & wasps, I'd make sure I had fresh batteries. They will definitely take more zapping than a mosquito, but I bet it will work. Good luck! Hope you're not allergic to bee stings. You might just make 'em mad. I've zapped a fly before and all the rest just disappear, like they somehow felt the electricity in the air or something.
Sometimes I put down a bowl of "bait"... cereal & milk or something a fly can't resist...ice cream, etc. Then I set the zapper on the bowl and hold the handle. When a fly lands on the racquet expecting to get some ice cream, I press the button.
I use the zapper I bought on St. John on flies all the time. Kazzzzap! They take longer to die, so there's more satisfaction in the kill! LOL! The minute they hit the wires, they are zapped enough to stun them, then you have to keep the power on until they fry. The other day I found out if I had a dead one on the racquet, it wouldn't affect another fly, so I had to knock the dead one off before I could kill another one. But the batteries are old in my zapper, so they're probably not putting out much of a charge these days. If I was going after bees & wasps, I'd make sure I had fresh batteries. They will definitely take more zapping than a mosquito, but I bet it will work. Good luck! Hope you're not allergic to bee stings. You might just make 'em mad. I've zapped a fly before and all the rest just disappear, like they somehow felt the electricity in the air or something.
Sometimes I put down a bowl of "bait"... cereal & milk or something a fly can't resist...ice cream, etc. Then I set the zapper on the bowl and hold the handle. When a fly lands on the racquet expecting to get some ice cream, I press the button.
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nothintolose
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Thanks everyone! Stunning them was my concern. When we head to the boat for the weekend, the hatches keep replenishing themselves with flying lucifer's! We poison them with spray then run like hell! They circle around just above our heads, with only enough energy for one dive bomb. This usually results in the 5ft stream of poison being shot in random directions!
Electrocution! Yeah. That's the way to go for these guys.
Electrocution! Yeah. That's the way to go for these guys.
"The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea." -Isak Dinesen
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California Girl