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Which Light Color Attracts the Least Bugs?
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2019
- Tired of bugs flying in your face when you're using a headlamp? So was I! In this video we created an experiment to find out which light color attracted the least amount of bugs.
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Thank you for this! I’m shopping for a tent. Now I’ve decided to buy a green one so less cute bugs get hurt when I pack it up!
Excellent experiment!
Clear method and results.
Francesco Redi would be proud of you.
I can already see the effects in my backyard swimming pool's new LEDs. They are adjustable,
and the red and green lights so far have attracted the least bugs at night.
When the white light is on, various bugs just dive-bomb into the water.
(Skimming them out is an annoyance).
Not seeing that so far with the red or green.
Mosquitos are attracted to red, orange, black and cyan. Mosquitos ignore green, purple, blue and white. Human skin is perceived as red/orange by mosquitos.
Blanket statements about which colors attract or are not seen by insects are invalid since insects are not all the same.
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I just bought the Armytek Wizard C2 WR headlamp which has a warm light and a red light. I think the red light is going to help a bit with bugs. Thanks to your video for helping confirm it.
This is the main reason I haven't bought a headlamp. I was thinking of mounting a Fenix headlamp on a leg strap away from my face.
Thanks for video. I wear headlamp every night when feeding our horses at barn and also mowing after dark. I'm sick of the bugs in my face.
Thank you for doing this experiment - useful knowledge to share
I have a problem with ducks eating cat food at a cat colony near the local canal. I have to put the food out at night because of other birds eating the food during the day. Hundreds. But at night there are about 50 ducks just waiting. I heard on an NPR show that low flying agriculture planes have trouble with ducks for other reasons. They discovered ducks don't like ultra violet lights as they have a receptor for them in their eyes. I guess it scares them especially if the light is blinking. Does anyone know of a decent led violet blinking flashlight? I have a non blinking one that I found works with the ducks but it is better if the light blinks. When I tried to blink mine on and off the switch collapsed into the inside. Bummer. Meanwhile I will keep looking.
I wonder if you used the exact measurements of water and food coloring for each color if that would affect the intensity of the light?
great question! sounds like a good idea for another experiment
this was interesting
Nice try! In terms of clothes, I read that Wasps and Hornets can not see red. IOW red clothes.
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You need a very deep yellow, not the pale washed out yellow that you used. Science has already known for over 100 years that bugs are the least attracted to yellow.
that's super great info... care to share your sources? Science may know but Google certainly was all over the place 😅
Google it. Go for real science sites & platforms rather than any blogger & youtuber looking for clicks.This is not a new thing. We've known about it for over a century. There's almost 65 million links about it. www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/using-amber-filtered-bulbs-instead-of-white-light-attracts-fewer-bugs-180977495/
thanks for the resource. I figure there are lots of variables. not the least being wind speed, location, etc. I figure it's always helpful to get some data on your own as imperfect as it may be. good luck on your own sciencing!
use green people
edit: idk if you should use that color but i searched it up and it said that "Yellowish, pinkish, or orange are the least attractive to bugs/insects.".
Why so?
@@jonywalabi2647 shorter wavelength that doesn’t attract bugs as much as blueish bulbs