Patent ID: 7404269

Claim:
An insect collection arrangement comprising a vacuum generator to establish an air stream through the insect collection arrangement from an opening at an insect collection end through the insect collection arrangement and out a vacuum generator end, a viewing chamber connected in the air stream between the vacuum generator end and the insect collection end, said viewing chamber being transparent and having upstream and downstream openings, the downstream opening coupled to the generator and having a screen located across said air stream and sized to allow air to pass but block the passage of insects of interest, the upstream opening having a valve movable to at least a first position astride the air stream to allow a maximum flow of air and a second position perpendicular thereto to minimize flow of air, said chamber adapted to decouple from the generator to hold the captured insect separate from the generator, wherein said valve is a magnifying lens usable to examine a captured insect in the chamber in a magnified form.