No Lawns

2052 readers

1 users here now

What is No Lawns?

A community devoted to alternatives to monoculture lawns, with an emphasis on native plants and conservation. Rain gardens, xeriscaping, strolling gardens, native plants, and much more! (from official Reddit r/NoLawns)

Have questions or don't know where to begin?

Where can you find the official No Lawns socials?

Rules

Be Civil
Don't dox yourself
Stay on Topic
Don't break instance or Lemmy rules

Related Communities

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net

quercus@slrpnk.net

LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net

Discussion: Do Yellow Bug Lights Keep Bugs Away? (www.thespruce.com)

submitted 1 year ago by mdd@lemm.ee to c/nolawns@slrpnk.net

2 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I recently replaced two outdoor light bulbs with dusk-till-dawn bug lights from Sunco. Immediately noticed less bugs around lights which means less bugs caught in the never ending spider webs.

Anyone else do this?

Another article with more science: https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/45105/20230727/what-bug-light-bulbs-effective-repelling-insects.htm

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] cybermatrix@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Good tip @Mike D. I want to make lightpoints for my house and sauna house in near future as it's get autumn and winter here. So I will now look for a yellow glass screen for these lights. The yellow I also like more for the warmth. Hope I have bought lights with good CRI which have larger color frequency range and give more natural yellow as result