I love the warmer months but am not above admitting to the season’s pitfalls — humidity, thigh chafing and my least favorite, bugs. My ire is mainly reserved for mosquitoes, but flies and gnats are a close second and third, especially when they’re in my house. I do my best to keep bugs at bay with repellants like incense and candles, but some always find their way inside and terrorize me in my own home. I’m pleased to report that after an exhaustive search, I’ve found a handy, sub-$20 item that’s majorly reduced these pesky nuisances: the Zevo Flying Insect Trap.
These little traps use blue and UV lights and a removable sticky cartridge to attract and capture gnats, mosquitoes, flies and moths.
The Zevo plug-in has a low-profile silhouette that can be popped into any outlet in your home. They’re the most mess-free, low-lift method I’ve come across for bug trapping, and I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who wants to keep bugs of all kinds out of their home.
The combination of affordability, ease of use, effectiveness and aesthetics makes it a must-have. It’s much smaller than a lot of other popular bug traps and zappers, which is what initially sold me on trying it out.
The trap can be used in any room, but I like to keep my Zevo light trap next to my balcony door to thwart the little creatures as quickly as possible. It was a gross shock to see just how many bugs had been lurking in my house, though equally thrilling to know they were being quickly neutralized.
I have been using it for almost a year now, and while the cartridge fills up faster during the warm summer months because the back door is open more often, it came in handy year-round. I moved it closer to our fruit bowl in the kitchen during the winter and never had to worry about fruit flies buzzing around.
Keep reading to see what other enthusiastic shoppers had to say about the Zevo fly traps then pick one up for your own home to take your home back from bugs.
“Super easy to set up ! It started working when I checked on day two! Amazing. Found, gnats, fruit fly and unidentified flying insect in trap. Immediately ordered another that comes with 3 refills. If I was guaranteed that the off brand refills really would fit I’d stock up. Instead I stayed with the zero brand to be sure of fit.” — Deb
“[…] I recently moved to Florida, and never in my life had I experienced so many (what I thought were gnats - I’m still unsure what the hell they actually are 😂). For the life of me I couldn’t figure out where the swarms of these pesky little things were coming from. I am originally from up north, where the only things that resemble them that we get are fruit flies. I couldn’t figure out why they were everywhere when none of my fruit was rotten or even remotely bad. Until I did some googling and found out these little demons are called Drain Flies. They live and breed in your drain, lay eggs and come out in SWARMS. […] I, like every other rational person, ran to Amazon for a solution. And I found LOTS of them. […] I really didn’t care which one I purchased, as long as it worked. I saw the reviews and pictures of this one and figured I’d give it a go, and if this one didn’t work, I’d try the other one I mentioned.
Day 1, the first few hours, it caught absolutely nothing. And I thought “greaaat. This thing isn’t going to catch anything and I’m gong to have to deal with this pests for another few days while I wait on another order”
Day 2. I woke up, not expecting to find anything, and lo and behold, there were 10-15 flies on it. My prayers had been answered!
Day 3. Not going to lie, I forgot I had it plugged in
Day 4. I checked again, and this is what I found. The picture attached. Absolutely gross 🤢. Don’t ask, I have no idea how all these nasty little creatures lived in my sink without my knowledge. I must just be that blissfully unaware. I thought I only had a few…clearly I was wrong
I’m on like Day 10 now. I waited awhile because I wanted to make sure it continued to work before posting this review. I haven’t seen another fly / gnat besides in the trap, since Day 4, nearly a week ago. Not one. However, the trap is still lit up, and still as sticky as it was on day 1. […]
I hope this review helps some of you choose this, and rid your life of these nasty little buggers!!” — Samantha Ora (This review has been edited for length. Read the full review.)
“This is a miracle worker. I bought two more of these. The price is WORTH IT! These things have been bothering the crap out of us and they never seemed to go away. They were flying into my drink! I couldn’t use straws!! Dying in our fridge!! We tried other methods, too. This one was the only one that worked. It’s relatively large, which is good for catching the bugs, but not the best for space. It could be our outlets, but it doesn’t fit snug into the outlet. Very sticky. Look at the pic!! And this is only one of them!!! We live in Florida so the bugs are horrendous.” — Chels♥️
“Living in the country, it’s inevitable that you will get a fly or two in the house with the doors opening and closing all of the time. I leave both my back and front porch lights on, so it makes it even worse when those little flying gnats and moths that are hanging out by the light feel they can come inside with you. I have bought fruit fly traps for the little flies that come in with fresh produce, but that didn’t stop the occasional house fly from dive bombing me when trying to watch tv. (They are attracted to light) so of course I had my doubts about the fly-trapping ability of this product, as well, but got it on sale and it came with refills so I thought I’d give it a whirl. Boy am I glad I did! I simply put the sticky pad in the quality built plug in, really easy to do, and the picture I posted was just from plugging it in last night! As you can see, it has attracted three flies I didn’t even know were in my house! I knew one was, but this thing caught three plus all of the little flies that come in when they are near your outside light. There may even be a few fruit flies on it, as well, altho I haven’t had a problem with them so much recently. The item fits nicely in one of my kitchen sockets, and emits a faint blue light that acts not only as a flying insect attractant, but also acts as a nice little night light if needed. It’s quality made, and the refills you simply peel the outer paper off and slip into the holder and starts working the minute you plug it in! I am very happy with this product, and I know you will be, as well! Perfect for places that get the occasional irritating random fly zooming around the house. Have no fear, zero will get the job done!!!” — Shelly Rose
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