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["Richard MURPHY" <murphman108@msn.com>]

I bought this little thing from Gempler's.

It's a bug aspirator. I vacuums up bugs, on a tiny scale, for evaluation.

I don't see why a larger one wouldn't work, unless you're doing a whole acre by yourself.

 

It's a jar with 2 pipes coming out. (approx 0.25" ID)

The Inlet Pipe is placed near the bug,

The Outlet, has a screen on the end inside the jar, and a long rubber hose to your mouth.

You actually 'take a huge hit' on this thing, and that bug goes into the jar.

 

This is how I vacuumed up those horrible click beetles that whacked my cherry trees.

 

Murph