Bug Buster, Spider Catcher with battery. Vacs up spiders & insects. Humane spider, wasp, moth, insect catcher. Latest version including FREE battery, turbo nozzle & 24" extension.

I bought this, not for catching spiders roaming around my house, but to take crickets out of their breeding pens to feed to my pet Tarantulas. It is absolutely brilliant and without exception, the best thing I have ever bought off Amazon (and I buy everything off Amazon)!! Keeping Tarantulas and reptiles is a hobby many, many people take part in and there are all kinds of accessories for feeding, decoration, housing etc. Even pens with tubes to keep crickets in, but nothinb and I mean NOTHING to use as a cricket collection device or to use when cleaning their pens. This is essential for the health and well-being of the crickets but also to make sure your feeder insects are as healthy as they can be for when it's their turn to be dinner. Lying in their own poop is no good for them and it certainly isn't good for your pet. Now this bug catcher means I can take all my crickets out of their pens, clean the pen out, refill food, water bowls and put clean 'hides' in (kitchen rolls or egg boxes unless it's a pen with tubes ie the 'cricket keeper) and then the crickets go back in. I can clean all their pens within half an hour now instead of the usual half a day and when I've finished, they're all chirruping away. When it's mealtime for my spiders or my daughter's geckos, we can take out several or just the one and put it into the relevant tank that our pets are in. Prior to this fantastic little gadget, I had to use tongs and you have to be damn quick catching those jumping crickets so inevitably they get squished and then are no good, unless their being fed to a spiderling. There is one other device I bought off Amazon which is great for catching single crickets and that's the 'Snapy insect catcher (yellow / red / green / blue) by Snapy', but this bug catcher is on another level!!! Awesome product. I've just ordered another one in case the one I have ever breaks. Despite my reason for buying this item, I did actually attempt use it to rescue a very plump looking house spider that, it's portly girth probably due to it feasting on escapee crickets that had outwitted my cat. On that occasion I was actually going to use it for its intended purpose, but the spider was so fat, I didn't even try for fear of its legs all coming off as it got sucked up the tube. The nozzle is removable so I could've taken it off to use it, but I used the old fashioned method before it bolted off back into the lounge. The catcher actually did arrive with a battery in the box and the catcher worked fine. If the suction is stronger with the 'Energiser Max batteries, my pets will be eating cricket mash!! Mmmm...tasty 🤔.

We have a glass conservatory at the back of the house that heats up with any amount of sun. From time to time a bee enters and is trapped, unable to find its way out. It takes very little time for the green house effect heat to kill the bee. In the past it has been extremely difficult to save the insect. Having done a search of the Internet I bought the Bug Buster and found it the ideal device to capture, even large bees, without harm and then to release them outside. I am so impressed with this device that if it broke or was damaged I would replace it with another identical Bug Buster. It is so easy to capture large insects when they are up against the glass trying to escape to the outside world then to release them unharmed.

I had bought the spider catcher a couple of weeks earlier and had success catching fruit flies, blue bottle flies, 1 wasp and a woodlouse. But that was nothing compared to what came next!! This huge spider had been tormenting me for days, up on the shower wall, in the bedroom waiting under the door - legs sticking out behind it - in the hall in the dark, under my front door!! I had two sleepless nights and had resorted to sprinkling lavender oil across the doorways as I’d heard this deters spiders. One of the sleepless nights was spent lying in bed with covers up over my head in case it decided to join me! But instead of this, I had to listen to this spider - yes listening - scuttling over the paperwork I had on the floor, but slightly comforted because I sort of knew it’s location - and that wasn’t where I was!! Second night, I couldn’t even go there as said spider was there nearly into my bedroom! legs sticking out under the door! So now, here goes the ultimate test for the Spider Catcher! But after a couple of goes the spider had outrun me!! Then ......... the spider stood still .... and BINGO... vacuum on, the Spider Catcher did its job and up the tube flew the spider and on went the blue cap .. and there I was on the floor, shaking but flushed with success!!! So, WELL DONE to the makers of the Spider catcher. Having read the reviews with less star rating who were disappointed that it hadn’t worked for them, the stance I took for catching this big spider was to use the open end of the tube rather than the smaller nozzle, wait till the spider stopped running (as they do) and carefully and quietly, held the tube exactly vertical to the floor slightly above the spider and then with one determined swoosh into contact with the floor... there was the spider captured!! I must say, after several days on Spider Safari I did rather want to relish the moment so had a coffee to think it over - and then let it out several houses up the road 😅 I’d like to have put 5 stars but the end of the motor compartment had flown off and separated itself from the motor and tubes during the capture, but easily remedied and replaced.

I have a terrible clothes moth problem and this is just what I've been looking for, while waiting to replace all the wool carpets in my house. It is easy to assemble (and contained a free battery, thank you) and very easy to use. The suction is perfectly adequate to capture moths - and spiders - without damaging them, so they can be released outside. The only thing that would improve this, in my opinion, is a flip-top cap on the end of the small nozzle. I'm making do with a piece of masking tape.

We are on about our 3rd one of these either the sam make or similar. I vowed not to get another but the USB rechargeable ones have allowed wattage I think and so less power (not at all what a spider vacuum needs) plus uninspiring reviews. I did buy one of those open and close trigger operate brush ones and that is good to point but can't cope with spiders that aren't on a flat surface that you are at a right angle to. So, despite everything we bought another one. It was rather fortunate as the day after it arrived the biggest spider we have ever seen in any house we've been in was sitting menacingly on our wall like it owned the place. I would have taken a picture of it and the take down that we served on it but to be frank we were in panic mode. Thankfully the bug buster was rapidly assembled and having a fresh 9 volt battery (supplied even though the instructions say it isn't) it made short work of sucking up the huge beast which was then safely deposited outside (I was a bit worried that it was big enough to knock on the door to be let back in!). So, on usage it was fine but the fundamental faults in the basic design remain (see CONS below). PROS: Reasonable voice for a branded one I suppose. It did the job on a behemoth of a spider and I am thankful for that. It came with a battery despite what the instructions say. The extension tube is handy and will get used - trust me. CONS: To some extent all of these devices are overpriced due to the faults outlined below. They break - at some time, inevitably the battery cover which is never a good fit will break one of its securing prongs meaning the battery will hang down from its wires - annoying. The tubes are quiet fragile and are another point of weakness. Suction power is okay to start with drops off very quickly and more power would be welcome. Annoying to keep having to buy 9 volt batteries - please make a more powerful, reliable, USB rechargeable one. They don't have allow function to send the spiders packing once caught. This would avoid the necessary sapling to dislodge them which often accelerates the tubes/battery cover getting broken. The battery cover is a poor fit - how difficult is it to get this right? Have twist and lock system or something. OVERALL: when will an ex-Dyson engineer or two come up with a more powerful, stronger version that is well made, and also blows out the critters as well? (not at Dyson prices though please). A better solution is well overdue so get on Dragon's Den and get it sorted please. Btw the instructions give tips for catching flies, bees and wasps - good luck with that. Given the lack of alternatives currently I do recommend this in combination with a brush catcher but only because no one has yet improved upon it.

I bought this after reading about a lot of slightly different options. I previously bought the grabber style and hated it. Could not tell if I had the spider, if it had dropped, or if it was harmed by the plastic ends. Gave up fast. I can't harm spiders, so there are now a lot happily living in corners and ceilings and with the autumn approaching, I d like a few less looking at me! This gadget does not harm the spider, I can see it in the tube happily spinning webs still and this design has the advantage of a tube that comes in 2, so it's easier to tip the spider out after catching as it's no too far for the spider to go. I have yet to be brave with a large spider, but so far this is a gadget that won't be going in a cupboard never used again. A battery comes with it which is good and the power seems just right to move the spider without harm with a new battery. Recommended.

I was worried about the number of bees and butterflies coming into my conservatory and getting nabbed by either the cat or a spider. I am very pleased with this. It catches all insects - I take the small bit off the end when I catch butterflies because I don't want to damage them. Turns out a lot of the spiders I've tolerated until now are some sort of false widow with a skull and crossbones on their backs so I have placed these outside in the garden. I think they need better PR! Anyway, I would be happy with this even if it had cost a lot more - I was getting desperate, climbing on chairs with a glass and a piece of paper!!! My husband shouts at me when he thinks I'm doing something dangerous and I was fed up with being shouted at.

I don’t like killing spiders and insects so very easy to set them free once hoovered up into the long plastic pole. Even managed to catch and set free a butterfly that flew in through an open door!