How to Build a Bug Vacuum
- 1). Poke a hole through the container's lid with the scissors. Make the hole big enough for the straw to fit through. Punch a second hole across from the first. Remove the lid from the container.
- 2). Push about 1 inch of the short end of the straw through the hole. Repeat with the other straw. Be patient; it might be a tight fit. The short end will be in the container when the vacuum is complete.
- 3). Hold the short end of one of the straws. Stretch the pantyhose or cheesecloth over the hole.
- 4). Tape the ends of the pantyhose securely to the straw. You may need someone else to do the taping while you keep the pantyhose tight. The pantyhose will keep you from inhaling a bug.
- 5). Place the lid securely on the container with the short ends of the straw inside. Notice that the straw end with the pantyhose on it is inside the container.
- 6). Tape around the holes where the straws went into the jar.
- 7). Put a rubber band on the straw with the pantyhose on it. This way you will know which straw to suck on.
- 8). Test the vacuum. Find a small bug that will fit in the straw. Set the straw end, without the pantyhose on it, near an insect. Suck on the straw with the rubber band on it. The bug will be sucked into the container.
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