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Bug-free porch lights

20 years ago

Bugs LOVE my overhead porch light. I tried those yellow bulbs and that helps only marginally. I heard that if your light is blocked from the sides, it will help. Does that mean recessed? Or a can light of some kind? Does it work? In another post, somebody said a light blue ceiling keeps bugs (wasps) from nesting there. True? Here are my goals: light up the porch enough to get a key in the lock, to tell when the dog wants in and don't kill any bugs unnecessarily. The bugs were here before mankind started lighting up the outdoors and the problem is the light, not the bugs. I just want some options for a light that doesn't attact bugs. Should I put a light farther away from the house and leave the porch light off? At least I won't have to walk through a cloud of bugs but it just moves the problem. Is there any solution?

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