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2. 7 Bioluminescent Bugs That Light Up

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   They are small insects, measuring around 1 inch in length, and are famous for their ability to emit light from the thorax. Cucubanos emit three lights that people often label as two “headlights ...

3. 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 ...

4. Bioluminescence - Wikipedia

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   This may attract night-flying insects and aid in spore dispersal, but other functions may also be involved. [49] Quantula striata is the only known bioluminescent terrestrial mollusk. Pulses of light are emitted from a gland near the front of the foot and may have a communicative function, although the adaptive significance is not fully ...

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. Pest control - Wikipedia

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   On a domestic scale, sticky flypapers are used to trap flies. In larger buildings, insects may be trapped using such means as pheromones, synthetic volatile chemicals or ultraviolet light to attract the insects; some have a sticky base or an electrically charged grid to kill them. Glueboards are sometimes used for monitoring cockroaches and to ...