Hi folks. I noticed a lot of ads for bug-zapper lights lately. I wanted to spread the word that these lights kill mostly beneficial insects, night-time pollinators especially. Mosquitos home in on Co2 and so do not generally go for these lights. In other words, you're killing off a host of important creatures in order to zap a very few mozzies. Without pollinators, we are effed, they are a vital part of the food chain.
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@chiquichops Good point. I've read the same thing—that bug zappers kill far more beneficial insects than mosquitoes. Nature's night shift deserves a little love too. 😊
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@panzer-lehr It really distresses me that these lights are becoming prevalent. I work in a garden centre part-time here in Spain too, so I want to make some flyers to inform customers as to how damaging to the environment these things are.
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@chiquichops such a good point mate, interesting post nice one
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"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
Looking for a game? Challenge me here:
I don't know anything about animals. What is that? 🙄
@Louis it's a Fox mate, You can catch them every where, Country, Town, even in your own gardenI don't know anything about animals. What is that? 🙄
Happily retired, I worked till I was 72, am now 88, this year 2026 I will be 89
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@louis Zorro rojo, o raposa a veces. Vulpes vulpes
Hay en Norte America, introducidas desde Europa. El zorro gris es autóctono en las Americas - Urocyon cinereoargenteus
El zorro rojo es muy común en zonas urbanas, es omnívero y se adapta bien a la ciudad.
"En cualquier dirección que recorras el alma, nunca tropezarás con sus límites." Sócrates
A few days ago at dusk we had one (fox) nab a chipmunk in our front yard and carry it through the backyard and into the woods. Sorry no trail cameras here.
In California, I set a trap once for what I thought might be a rat or raccoon nibbling my water line and caught a gray fox. He was pissed and wanted to kill me. It was a live trap, nothing nasty. Let him go by tying a cord to the trap door and pulling from a great distance and behind a tree, hoping to hell he just dipped out and didn't go wild at me! Fun times!
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I could post a video but I'm not sure how to do that...
"En cualquier dirección que recorras el alma, nunca tropezarás con sus límites." Sócrates
"En cualquier dirección que recorras el alma, nunca tropezarás con sus límites." Sócrates
I managed a screen shot. Fierce little guy, a real beauty.
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Ted & Chiquichops Thanks, I figured it might be, but I didn't want to risk making a fool of myself in front of you all. There aren't any where I live; I think I saw them once at the zoo. The only one I know is Guy Williams, who's on TV every day at noon.
I might be wrong but videos are not encouraged on sightI could post a video but I'm not sure how to do that...
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Hedgehogs were out last night, I have decent video which I cant show on the Forum, Pity, you can see him in the back ground
Happily retired, I worked till I was 72, am now 88, this year 2026 I will be 89
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