Ah! How can I explain my fear of spiders? Well, I’m terrified of most insects that crawl, so I can’t technically limit my fear to arachnophobia, but it seems like spiders are the most frequent intruders. I get all kinds of spiders in my house and garden – I get Wolf spiders the most, and man, they’re FAST. And to make things worse, they don’t die instantly when you spray pesticide on them. For good minutes, they scurry along freely, giving me panic attacks.
I honestly bought this Critter Catcher as a joke, just to see if it works or not. The inventor of Critter Catcher designed this soft but firm bristle to “catch” spiders because he wanted to catch and release the spiders in a humane way.
At the end of this tool are these straight bristles that widen when you pull the trigger on the other end. You will catch the spider (or any other insect for that matter) with the bristle tip, and when you release the trigger, the bristle will tighten and trap it.
When I received it and opened the box, I was a little disappointed to see its fragile construction. It’s much flimsier than I thought, and I was seriously wondering if I had wasted money on infomercial garbage.
They send you random colors, so you don’t know which color you’re getting. I think they have neon pink and green (the one I got).
As long as the spider is on a flat surface (floor, wall, or ceiling), you can catch it without much effort. I’d say it’s going to be more difficult if it’s in the crevice or tight corner, so I’d coax it out to the open and chase it down.
And I found the perfect practice object. This beetle stumbled into my living room yesterday, and I decided to give my critter catcher a try.
The bristles caught the bug, and it is temporarily trapped.
I can now take this bug out to the yard.
And as the inventor intended, this critter catcher seems to be very humane – no hurting or injuring the insect that’s trapped. Once it’s trapped, you can do whatever you want to do with the spider – release him outside or flush him down the toilet (although not very humane). Either way, it gets the job done.
I think I’ll be able to catch spiders and other large critters as long as they don’t jump on you. If you’ve never seen a jumping spider, lucky you. I live in Southern California, and we get occasional jumping spiders. As their name suggests, they jump. And they’re bushy. So, as long as I don’t encounter one of those jumping spiders, I’ll be good to go with this tool. Impressed!
Ah! How can I explain my fear of spiders? Well, I’m terrified of most insects that crawl, so I can’t technically limit my fear to arachnophobia, but it seems like spiders are the most frequent intruders. I get all kinds of spiders in my house and garden – I get Wolf spiders the most, and man, they’re FAST. And to make things worse, they don’t die instantly when you spray pesticide on them. For good minutes, they scurry along freely, giving me panic attacks.
I honestly bought this Critter Catcher as a joke, just to see if it works or not. The inventor of Critter Catcher designed this soft but firm bristle to “catch” spiders because he wanted to catch and release the spiders in a humane way.
At the end of this tool are these straight bristles that widen when you pull the trigger on the other end. You will catch the spider (or any other insect for that matter) with the bristle tip, and when you release the trigger, the bristle will tighten and trap it.
When I received it and opened the box, I was a little disappointed to see its fragile construction. It’s much flimsier than I thought, and I was seriously wondering if I had wasted money on infomercial garbage.
They send you random colors, so you don’t know which color you’re getting. I think they have neon pink and green (the one I got).
As long as the spider is on a flat surface (floor, wall, or ceiling), you can catch it without much effort. I’d say it’s going to be more difficult if it’s in the crevice or tight corner, so I’d coax it out to the open and chase it down.
And I found the perfect practice object. This beetle stumbled into my living room yesterday, and I decided to give my critter catcher a try.
The bristles caught the bug, and it is temporarily trapped.
I can now take this bug out to the yard.
And as the inventor intended, this critter catcher seems to be very humane – no hurting or injuring the insect that’s trapped. Once it’s trapped, you can do whatever you want to do with the spider – release him outside or flush him down the toilet (although not very humane). Either way, it gets the job done.
I think I’ll be able to catch spiders and other large critters as long as they don’t jump on you. If you’ve never seen a jumping spider, lucky you. I live in Southern California, and we get occasional jumping spiders. As their name suggests, they jump. And they’re bushy. So, as long as I don’t encounter one of those jumping spiders, I’ll be good to go with this tool. Impressed!