# bug lights
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bug-lights/362613
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 29, 2006, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bug-lights/362613 "2006-06-29T05:35:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2006, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bug-lights/362613/1 "2006-06-29T05:35:20Z")
I went to buy a light bulb when I saw “bug lights”. They claim that the light is invisible to bugs, thus you get less of them in your house. Sounds fishy. Is there any truth to this?
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### Author:  [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2006, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bug-lights/362613/2 "2006-06-29T05:52:33Z")
If there is an animal that simply can’t see the human-visible portion of the light spectrum, I would be extremely interested in hearing about it. I find it hard to imagine.
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### Author:  [@Sharky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sharky)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2006, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bug-lights/362613/3 "2006-06-29T06:13:02Z")
Are you talking about the yellow bug lights intended for porch lights, or is this some new product specifically intended for indoor use?
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### Author:  [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2006, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bug-lights/362613/4 "2006-06-29T07:00:44Z")
> [@Sharky](#):
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> Are you talking about the yellow bug lights intended for porch lights, or is this some new product specifically intended for indoor use?
For porch ligths.
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### Author:  [@Sharky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sharky)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2006, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bug-lights/362613/5 "2006-06-29T07:17:35Z")
> [@copperwindow](#):
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> For porch ligths.
Ah. Well, from personal experience, they seem to attract slightly fewer bugs than a plain white incandescent bulb. However, the flourescent bulbs that are shaped like a standard incandescent seem to attract fewer bugs than either white or yellow incandescent, and are far more energy efficient. YMMV, of course.
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### Author:  [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2006, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bug-lights/362613/6 "2006-06-29T12:34:17Z")
Could it be that it just has a UV and/or IR filter on it that makes it at least less visable.