Bugs

[captpackrat]

I didn't realize just how important that bug zapper is.  The bulbs are failing, causing the thing to arc and flicker and generally sound not good, so I unplugged it.

It's been off for about three days and the place is absolutely swarming with bugs.  I just sprayed myself with Off and tried to go outside, then I probably looked like an insane man trying to swat at all the bugs that were all over me.  I just wanted to spend the evening on the front steps, listening to some music and playing with the goatlets, but the bugs sure put the kibosh on that real quick.

I managed to dig up one spare bulb from the old bug zapper, and there should be another, but I can't find it, so I guess I have to go out tomorrow and buy another.  This zapper takes two bulbs and both appear to be failing/failed.

Comments

[mondhasen.livejournal.com]

I just sprayed myself with Off and tried to go outside, then I probably looked like an insane man trying to swat at all the bugs that were all over me.

*laughing* Sounds like a scene from a B film "Get them off! Get them offffff!" ...and then they digest you.

My dad hated his zapper: claimed that it actually attracted bugs from the other yards and that they'd snack on him on their way to being poofed.

[rcoony.livejournal.com]

Also, don't those things cause them to explode in a spray of bug guts? I don't think I really want that going on next to where I'm hanging out.

[bubbycat.livejournal.com]

Hi. what kinda bulbs do those things take? i never had one but I've seen those bug zappers several times riding in a car in the past going down the road at night and they always looked sorta like a old electric stove burner. at leasts in the 1980's when i saw those bug zappers at night glowing sorta blue like they did in the dark when i was riding in a car.