Patent ID: 7805882

Claim:
An invertebrate capturing device for connecting to a vacuum apparatus having a vacuum connection that supplies a vacuum, the device comprising: a beverage bottle consisting essentially of a single opening and a rigid neck portion extending therefrom in which the invertebrate are captured; and a main body having an interior passage and vacuum connecting end for connection with the vacuum connection, an invertebrate capturing opening and an invertebrate expulsion end portion for connection to the beverage bottle, wherein the vacuum connecting end, the invertebrate capturing opening and the invertebrate expulsion end are all in fluid connection via the interior passage, the invertebrate expulsion end having a tapered insert for insertion into the beverage bottle for detachably holding the beverage bottle, wherein the vacuum connecting end is sized and shaped to frictionally engage with the vacuum connection of the vacuum apparatus; a deflector screen within the interior passage wherein the deflector screen is disposed at an acute angle with respect to the airflow within the interior passage, and positioned to deflect the invertebrate into the invertebrate expulsion end portion such that the invertebrate fall within the beverage bottle; and a deflector positioned at a distal end of the invertebrate tapered expulsion end portion to additionally deflect the invertebrate into the beverage bottle.