If you're constantly swatting away gnats or moths every time you step outside after dark, the problem could be the color and ...

Bug zappers do not keep pests like mosquitoes and biting flies away. That is a fake claim. Bug zappers are marketed to reduce ...

Fireflies face numerous threats contributing to their decline, but this summer's humid nights have them out in force across ...

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It’s the last day of June and I’m standing under the overhang on my back deck protected from the last drips of a rainstorm. It’s past nine o’clock but not quite dark yet. But the yard is starting to ...

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Doug Mahoney/NYT Wirecutter. Bug zappers work by emitting a UV light that attracts bugs to the center of the device, where they’re electrocuted, usually between two metal grids.

Both Pygopleurus chrysonotus and Pygopleurus syriacus are small, fuzzy beetles that belong to the Glaphyridae family, and ...

Some sources state that these bugs are the only ones to emit red light, and the color is believed to warn off predators. 2. Click Beetles. Bioluminescent click beetles form the Pyrophorus genus.