article_snippet: Scientists have invented a bulb that emits less blue and green wavelengths, which Scientists claim is 20 per cent less appealing to moths and other bugs.
article_snippet: A bright idea: Scientists claim Scientists have invented a bulb that emits less blue and green wavelengths, which doesn’t appeal to insects as much as conventional LED light bulbs (shown)
article_snippet: Light emitted by conventional bulbs - particularly the blue wavelengths of LED bulbs – is attractive to a range of insects, drawing LED bulbs out from the night and straight to
article_snippet: Light emitted by conventional bulbs - particularly the blue wavelengths of LED bulbs – is attractive to a range of insects, drawing LED bulbs – out from the night and straight to peoplepeople’s homes.
article_snippet: While you may imagine that the brightness of a light bulb may dictate how many insects are drawn towards it, scientists from the University of Manchester say it’s the colour of the light that matters most.
article_snippet: Travis Longcore, associate professor of spatial sciences at the University of Manchester, said future LED bulb designs could be customised to be less attractive to specific insect species.
article_snippet: All insects are attracted to ‘white’ light, which is a combination of all colours, but different insects are sensitive to particular combinations of these wavelengths.
article_snippet: For example, blue, violet, and ultraviolet wavelengths are especially attractive to moths and some other insect groups, so these wavelengths were turned down in experimental light bulb.
article_snippet: Professor Longcore led a team, with help from Philips Research in the Netherlands, with the aim of reducing the number of insects an LED bulb can attract while still maintaining white light for indoor use.
article_snippet: Dr André Barroso, a senior scientist at Philips, said: ‘For the purpose of this study, we created unique and one-off LED lamp designs that can be customised to emit different colour wavelengths to reduce the attraction of insects.
article_snippet: The order Diptera, which mosquitoes belong found that despite the customised bulbs being brighter than the LED bulbs, The order Diptera, which mosquitoes belong attracted 20 per cent fewer insects.
highlights_snippet: Emits less green and blue light to be less appealing to insects .
  