This is a super toy for children; however it was purchased for my adult daughter. She, like many adults, hate bugs in their house. This item allows her to suck up spiders and other small bugs that make their way into her home. When they are captured you can see them, and then release them outside, or dispose of them as you wish!!

Since around 2002, our house gets hijacked by ladybugs starting in October and they stay well into the spring. There is no easy way to prevent or get rid of them, so I pretty much sucked as many of them into my vacuum cleaner as I could. I decided to get this Bug Catcher for my son as part of a more humane "catch and release" program. He sucks them up in the gun and then releases them across the road. For this purpose, it works reasonably well. Ladybugs are docile and slow and pretty much easy prey. He's able to remove around 10 to 15 at a time. A drop in the bucket, considering we have thousands of them. But, he finds it entertaining. Overall, it's an interesting product that could probably use a little more "vacuum" power, but it doesn't appear to harm the bug, and kids should find it entertaining. (I haven't tried it on more "agile" bugs, so I can't say how effective it is on the average yard critter, but I think you'd probably need pretty quick reflexes to get other winged creatures.)