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5 days ago
- Climate
- Daily Record
Shoppers praise fly zapper that banishes mosquitoes in humid weather
One shopper said it was "very effective". The weather cam impact everything from clothing choices, to outdoor activities and more. Summer storms could also bring flash flooding, forecasters predicted at the start of the week. Wetter weather can bring with it (apart from needing to make sure a good umbrella is nearby) many things, including in some cases bugs who won't mind getting wet. If camping is a favourite pastime too, then something to zap mosquitoes can be a good investment. Now the Amufer electric bug zapper is on Amazon for just under £30, at £29.99. It uses an ultraviolet light bulb with a wavelength of 360 NM to attract mosquitoes, and then zap them with a voltage of 4200 V. The brand says their gadget works for mosquitoes, flies, moths and other flying insects. It has a hook on top, meaning users can hang it wherever needed, or it can stand upright on a table. It is also anti-splash, so a few raindrops won't matter. It can be used indoors or outdoors, and is silent. Switch it on three hours before bedtime and it will help ensure bugs don't disturb a good night of sleep. When it comes to disposing of the bugs it has zapped, it has a removable tray that can be easily removed and quickly cleaned. The UV light is also replaceable, and the lamp housing is made from flame-retardant ABS material. For other options, Argos has the Zero In Lantern Bug Zapper for £11, which has a USB rechargeable battery pack and provides four hours of use per charge. There is also the 12W Electric Bug Zapper For Flies from B&Q, which is £19.99. Made with ABS housing and utilising UV light, it ensures no release of unpleasant odours, dangerous fumes, or harmful substances into your living space. With a 4.2 star average rating on Amazon, out of 933 reviews, one customer reviewing the Amufer electric bug zapper said: "Fantastic zapper! Got to work straight away after turning it on and we've noticed a difference immediately with the number of flies. It's quite quiet bar giving a loud (satisfying) crack whenever an insect flies into it! Wish we'd bought this sooner - seller was fab as it arrived quickly in perfect condition". Another person said: "This works really well, it seems to be sturdily built, has a proper fluorescent UV tube instead of feeble UV LEDs, emits a good amount of light to attract flies, when they get inside it onto the high voltage grid they go with a satisfying crack, which tells me the voltage and current is powerful too, testing it in England on large bluebottle flies, before taking it to France to zap the Tiger mosquitoes. All in all, very happy with it." Someone else reckoned: "It seems to be working fine. I wasn't sure at first, as nothing seemed to happen. Then, while watching TV, I heard the loud crackle as a wasp met its end. Very effective." But one shopper said: "It is very tall and takes some space. I'm not sure if it works for bigger flies. So far, I can only hear the small ones. Big ones bypass it." Another added: "It does zap the flies, but they're not exactly attracted to the light. Maybe it's not bright enough? As I sit here, I have multiple flies in the room and have for some time whilst the light is on." The Amufer electric bug zapper is on Amazon.
NBC News
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC News
‘The Last of Us' just killed off a major character. Fans are devastated.
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 2 of 'The Last of Us,' which aired April 20. Ah, Joel Miller from HBO's 'The Last of Us' — we hardly knew ye. Season 2 of the zombie apocalypse series, set five years after the last season, has devastating surprises in store for the beloved main character. With that, major spoilers for the show about the collapse of civilization following a parasitical fungal outbreak among humanity. What happened to Joel on Sunday's episode? He died, and badly. On Sunday night's episode, Joel — played by Pedro Pascal — died. He was taken down by Abby (Kaitlyn Dever), who's been burning for revenge since the end of Season 1. Abby beat Joel to death, blaming him (rightly) for gunning down the rebel Fireflies, including her father, who were trying to find a cure for the outbreak. Their plan was to use Ellie's (Bella Ramsey) brain, who remains immune from the fungus. But Joel had his reasons: The Fireflies were going to have to kill Ellie to study her, and he couldn't allow that to happen. It was a lose-lose situation. All that happened in Season 1, but at the start of Season 2 Abby and her fellow 'Flies gathered to vow to take Joel down, and kill him slowly. This was a particularly hard exit — Joel, while flawed, had become a beloved character on the show and a father figure to Ellie (who watched him die in front of her). What have Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey said about it? Pascal says he's in 'active denial' about the story twist. Pascal told Entertainment Weekly, 'I'm in active denial (about the death scene). I realize this more and more as I get older, I find myself slipping into denial that anything is over. I know that I'm forever bonded to so many members of the experience and just have to see them under different circumstances, but never will under the circumstances of playing Joel on 'The Last of Us.' And, no, I don't spend a lot of time thinking about it because it makes me sad.' Show co-creator Craig Mazin explained to The Wrap that Pascal learned how his character would die early on. 'We love Pedro, but I told him the very first time I ever Zoomed with him, 'So here's the thing, you're playing this guy, Joel. In Season 2, he's gonna die,'' Mazin said. 'There was never a question. It was always understood that was built into this.' Fans who played the video game 'The Last of Us, Part II' were likely less surprised at Joel's exit — he dies pretty much the same way in that storyline. And as in the game, Ellie tells Abby that she's now got a mortal enemy, which simply continues the revenge cycle that no one can win. Ramsey cried when reading the script about the death, as they told EW: 'I've never cried reading a piece of writing before, but I had such a gastral reaction to it. It's almost like we've played that dynamic, me and Pedro, for a year, and it feels like father-daughter in some way.' Pascal obviously doesn't hold a grudge against Dever; he shared a selfie of the two of them on Instagram smiling with red-chapped cheeks and wrote, 'Blizzard Buddies. Thank you, scene partner. You little miracle. @kaitlyndever @thelastofus @hbo @streamonmax #Canada' How are fans reacting to the death? Understandably, viewers were devastated. '(T)hey made it even worse in the show (than in the game),' wrote one fan on X. Echoed another X user, 'Ok that was actually much worse than I imagined it would be.' There's a lot of Abby anger, too; one X user wrote, 'Adding her to my list of Top 10 MOST HATED TV CHARACTERS. And it's only been two episodes. IDGAF what her reason was. I hate this mf'er with a passion and hope she eats pavement (the actress great tho, like kudos to her).' But one fan who knows the game's full story wrote on X that the circle will complete, assuming the show follows the video game: 'Trust me when I say this. As someone who has played both games so many times I lost count. It will all make sense at the end.' Is this the 'Last' of Joel? Probably not. No, he's not coming back as an active character in the present so far as we know, but in Season 2's first episode, we learned about a character named Eugene that Joel had killed between the two seasons. So there's a good chance there'll be a flashback to how that came to pass, and why it was important. Meanwhile, this isn't the first (or likely last) time a character played by Pascal suffered a particularly brutal death after charming the audience. On 'Game of Thrones,' he played Oberyn Martell — a suave, cocksure and handsome prince who literally had his head crushed during a fight with The Mountain. We'd had our hopes up for him then, too.
