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2. Bug zapper - Wikipedia

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   A bug zapper, more formally called an electrical discharge insect control system, electric insect killer or (insect) electrocutor trap, is a device that attracts and kills flying insects that are attracted by light. A light source attracts insects to an electrical grid, where they are electrocuted by touching two wires with a high voltage ...

3. 7 Bioluminescent Bugs That Light Up

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   Summary of 7 Bioluminescent bugs That Light Up. From worms to beetles to cockroaches, these examples all give off light for defense or to attract a mate. Name. Location. Unique Feature. 1.

4. Glowworm - Wikipedia

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   Glowworm or glow-worm is the common name for various groups of insect larvae and adult larviform females that glow through bioluminescence.They include the European common glow-worm and other members of the Lampyridae, but bioluminescence also occurs in the families Elateridae, Phengodidae and Rhagophthalmidae among beetles; as well as members of the genera Arachnocampa, Keroplatus and Orfelia ...

5. Insect trap - Wikipedia

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   Grasshoppers and some beetles are attracted to lights at a long range but are repelled by it at short range. Farrow's light trap has a large base so that it captures insects that may otherwise fly away from regular light traps. [4] [5] Light traps can attract flying and terrestrial insects, and lights may be combined with other methods ...

6. This Is Why Bugs Are Attracted to Light

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7. Arachnocampa - Wikipedia

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   A larva's glow attracts prey into its threads. The roof of a cave covered with larva can look remarkably like a blue starry sky at night. A hungry larva glows brighter than one that has just eaten.. [citation needed] Prey include midges, mayflies, caddisflies, mosquitos, moths, and even small snails or millipedes. When a prey animal is caught ...

8. Insects in literature - Wikipedia

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   Insects have equally been used for their strangeness and alien qualities, with giant wasps and intelligent ants threatening human society in science fiction stories. Locusts have represented greed, and more literally plague and destruction, while the fly has been used to indicate death and decay, and the grasshopper has indicated improvidence.

9. The Ohio State Fair wants fairgoers to kill these invasive ...

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   The bugs lay eggs (which resemble a small, gray waxy mass) in sheltered areas in October through December. They start hatching in April and grow through multiple life stages until hitting ...