My Critter Catcher - Spider and Insect Catcher

there's a review here that says that this thing gave the reviewer their life and home back and that made me LOL but out of pure recognition. i can TOTALLY RELATE. i hate hate haaaaaaate bugs and not having a solid, reliable way of dealing with them makes me feel ill at home at home and that's just not acceptable.when i first moved into my new place, i encountered a cockroach so large that i literally did not know what to do... it was so large and unprecedented to me that i considered calling the police.turns out that these are "american cockroaches" that tend to be outdoors critters in my area but will crawl in if your home is not hermetically sealed. so job one was to find all possible points of ingress and it's been a continuing saga where i find overlarge holes for the pipes in the bathroom and kitchen and also open seams at the base of the toilet etc... it seems the first line of defense against pests is to just find and block out all possible modes of entry (and for that, i've found expanding foam and caulk to do a great job).but as this enterprise continues, i've still had to deal with the occasional intruder. until now, i was using a kinda terrifying method of plastic cup and index card to get them... but if i miss, it ends up causing the bugs to skitter around like crazy and that in turn causes me to leap back and start doing the dance of the heeby jeebies.... (again, i freakin' hate bugs!).but a week ago, when i found another invader (first in like 3 months so i'm hoping it was just a straggler that got in before i sealed the last hole [hope hope hope!] and was hiding till now) and i missed and it ended up skittering behind a book case, i was sick of my method and started searching amazon convinced that there had to be a better way.encountered several possible solutions including several motorized vacuums which i had a feeling couldn't possibly be powerful enough to actually catch largish bugs.so i took a gamble on this and i'm so pleased to say that it works!!!i think i caught the bug that i missed that went into hiding behind the book case too!from what i can tell, it's very well designed - the bristles act like a good outer perimeter with which to "trap" the bug so it can't get away and then the pinching motion turns that trap into a gripping claw that very reliably held the little villain till i could get it to the toilet. catch, release and flush all worked flawlessly. the key, i think to usage is to expand the bristles so that they're far enough away from the bug to not trip its alarms but as close as possible. then, you hover over it and either very slowly or quickly (by circumstance) put it over the bug and then snap the bristles shut as quick as possible... it seems almost like you can use it as you would your own fingers... if only you weren't squeaming about picking up large bugs with your own fingers.... they feel almost that dextrous.and very much like the other reviewer, i feel like i have my home back. i have a reliable way to deal with the problem and a way that allows me to deal with it AT A DISTANCE and with confidence. lol... i no longer have to live in fear lol! hilarious but really really true.i can only imagine how it must be for people who live in more critter infested places like in the pics i've seen for australians.... but if largish and mid-sized pests are a problem, first, try to seal off all points of entry and while you're doing that, get one of these to deal with the invaders while you seal.it will indeed give you your home and life back!i hope this product does super super super well so that it will never ever go out of stock! this needs to exist into perpetuity or at least until we annihilate all home invading bugs![note: this is as glowing a review as anything i've ever reviewed on amazon. again, lol but i am absolutely sincere!]

For two weeks I stayed comfortably in my spot in the corner between the ceiling and the wall.It was warm, there was a bundle of delicious food wrapped and stored within my nest.My feet, all eight of them, felt the vibrations of sound throughout the day and into the night until the silence of darkness settled and I felt free to roam, always to return to my home at the first hint of light.It was there that I slept deeply except during the several daily rituals of the giant who insisted upon staring at me to be sure that I stayed in one place.The poor thing appeared to have lost some legs, six of them, probably in the last molt.Now the giant had only two.She seemed to be a gentle giant who meant me no harm.Everything was fine, we coexisted well until I made that huge mistake:I gave in to an urge to travel.I became a vagabond in search of adventure.My wanderlust caused the giant to become unnecessarily afraid.Probably because she had heard rumors from other giants who weren't so kind.They told her of my painful bites whichI SWEAR I never do unless someone or something tries to harm me.I am shy.It makes me sad to be so misunderstood.The giant's thoughts were easy to read.She was more worried about her dog than about herself, so I guess I can understand what happened next.There I was, on my carefree adventure, having traveled all the way across the ceiling to the edge of another wall.I'd just stopped to rest, it was then that the giant approached to look at me apologetically, timidly.Then, I was suddenly encapsulated, cradled by a soft, comforting whiteness.Transported in time and space.It was the weirdest feeling I have ever experienced.Strangely surreal yet not bad.I floated through space, flew without effort until I found myself outside amongst the trees.The encapsulating whiteness was gone and I was in a new world full of possibilities and new sources of food.It must have been a dream. A good dream.My life is better because of that dream which showed me that there are humans who are my friends and who will not hurt me just because they can, because I am small, ormerely because I exist.I wouldn't mind having that dream again someday.One day in the future, when my spiderlings are still too small to go out into the world, I will tell them this story as I tuck them into their tiny beds to sleep and dream the best of dreams.