ELECTRIC INSECT TRAPS Delaware researchers found that electric insect traps do more harm than good. Only 31 insects out of nearly 14,000 counted were biting flies. Nearly half of the insects they counted were non-biting aquatic insects, and about 14% were beneficial insects that attack pests. They add that 71 to 350 billion nontarget insects are destroyed each year by these traps. Because so many predators and parasites are killed, we may actually be protecting mosquitoes and other pests. SOURCE: Utah Pesticide and Toxic News, vol. XV, no. 3, Utah State University Extension, March 1997.
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