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August 3, 2009
Today's Trivia - Why aren't insects attracted to yellow light bulbs?
According to GE, "insect vision is different from human vision, spectrally. Insects are attracted to light in the UV part of the spectrum. Conventional incandescent lights have transmission in the UV range, and bugs can see it. The yellow pigment used to coat the GE Bug Lite filters out any light below 490 nanometers, making the light it transmits non-existent to insects."
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Posted by Bob Gatton at August 3, 2009 5:03 PM
