Best Mosquito Traps and Bug Zappers for Your Garden of 2025: Top 6 Reviewed
Mosquitoes are the main reason people cut evenings short in the summer. One person gets bitten, everyone starts slapping their ankles, and the whole patio session moves inside. Bug spray works but nobody wants to shower in DEET before sitting on their own deck. Mosquito traps and bug zappers offer a different approach: attract and kill the mosquitoes in your yard so they stop bothering you. Some work well. Some are expensive noise makers that mostly kill moths. We tested 6 devices across different technologies — propane traps, UV zappers, CO2-baited traps, and portable units — to find the ones that actually reduce mosquito populations in a typical backyard. ...