RE: [Paddlewise] Yum-yum yellow -- bug attractant?

From: Whyte, David <DHW_at_Mail.amsa.gov.au>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 08:46:22 +1000
Yes. I have a bright yellow deck and blue hull and bees seem to like the
yellow

David Whyte


> Has anyone else noticed that their bright yellow composite kayak
> attracts insects of all kinds, particularly the tiny biting flies?
> 
> When I leave mine in an outdoor boat rack for a few days, I find it
> covered with  hundreds of tiny fly carcasses.
> 
> This never happened with white, blue red or green.
> 
> Ken Cooperstein
> 
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