What is an Electric Fly Swatter?
Combine the Alcatrazean satisfaction of an electric bug zapper and the participatory thrill of a manual fly flap and the result is an electric fly swatter. An electric fly swatter looks like a tennis racket, but has an electrified wire grid and a battery pack hidden in the handle. The user presses a switch to activate the grid and only has to make a general swipe in the bug’s direction for a confirmed kill. Manual fly swatters are effective against a single combatant, but they are up against years of insect instinct. House flies and mosquitoes have very sensitive hairs which can detect the slightest change in air pressure. This is why fly swatters in general have an open-air design; flies and mosquitoes don’t detect the swatter until it’s too late to escape its webbing. An electric fly swatter uses an open grid to achieve the same goal. On the other end of the fly-killing spectrum, stationary electric bug zappers use instinct against the insects. Many flying insects orient themselves b
