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Oh my God, where do I begin how much I love this bug catcher.

Yes well I know it appears to be like a toy, However I assure you it is very well-made and has become life saver in our household. We are always visited by little crawly visitors from the outdoors, whom do not wish to squish but still need to remove from the home.

Before I found this bug catcher, I was using the old "cup and piece of mail" technique, which was hit and miss at best. No more! I just slide open up the bottom of the catcher, get the intended target in my sites, then pop the catcher down over top, slide the bottom closed with my thumb, and viola! Bug is safely secured. After that I just merely escort my unwelcome guest to the outdoors where they may frolic elsewhere and not in my home.

It's actually REALLY satisfying. I also feel very confident now that when I see a bug, I know I'm gonna git that sucker with my truster. Thank you, thank you for giving me an reliable alternative to squishing bugs, and helping to liberate them from my home :D [bugs relocated to date: crickets, spiders, outdoor cockroaches - the BIG ones, moths, flies, beetles]

My umm... kids, yeah kids, are afraid of spiders and living in the south, we've got some big ones. This is the easiest way to pick up these creepy crawly things without getting your hands dirty. Makes a great device for humane removal of all sorts of nasty creatures, or for watching them fall to a watery death in the toilet bowl of doom.

No matter your reason for getting it, this thing is fantastic. Well made, easy to use, and durable. The "kids" no longer scream like girls when they have to get a spider out of the house.

I got this catcher because we try to be as kill-free in our home as possible, but sometimes the traditional cup-and-paper method just doesn’t work. This tool catches bugs so easily, we’ve even nabbed house flies with it! The opening was wider that expected, so I think most household critters (e.g., daddy long-legs, centipedes, mosquitos, etc.) could be caught in it without damage.

The other great thing about it is that I’m able to use it to get close-ups of tiny creatures for my citizen science projects on iNaturalist, which allows me to get an ID on particular spiders and other things that would be too difficult to photograph enough detail on without magnification.

The ONLY thing I would maybe change about it would be making the yellow “floor” of the catcher (the part that slides in and out) clear so the bottom of the bug could be observed easier; however, having it colored probably does make it easier to see when the thing has been successfully enclosed inside, and having a clear bottom might interfere with the magnification, so I’m not taking off any stars for this.

Y'ALL. THIS IS THE BEST INVENTION EVER!!!!! This isn't a toy! This is a tool. A WEAPON. They need to rebrand it--make it black and red and give it a new and worthy name. Every parent should give their kid this when they head off to college. There should be one in every room of every house. It should come with a carrying case or holster.

Why am I so excited about the it??? Gone are the days of trying to trap a scorpion underneath a glass and attempting to move it with a piece of paper! Gone are the days of giving up on that, and leaving said scorpion underneath a glass for an undisclosed amount of time waiting for someone else to make it disappear! (I hate squishing bugs, because ew. If they escape I just accept that my home belongs to them now.) Since I received this a few weeks ago, I've caught 5 scorpions, spiders, beetles, and a roachish thing. I've ordered another one as well. (Makes a great gift!!!!)

I bought one of these for my kids a while back and they used it so much they eventually destroyed it BUT the concept is so wonderful that I bought another for myself. I love snagging bugs and spiders and checking them out with my kids before we toss them outside. The yellow trapping plastic can get warped and off its track if you don't take good care of it. My kids left it out in the yard, dug in the dirt with it, probably hit each other with it, and so forth...and it lasted quite a long time.