Is there a bug vacuum that kills bugs?

Yes, some bug vacuums are designed to kill insects on capture — typically by using an internal electric grid or a sealed chamber that suffocates bugs — but the BugZooka WB100 is not one of them. It captures insects alive.

Kill-on-contact bug vacuums exist, usually battery-powered devices with a high-voltage grid inside the tube. The tradeoff is mechanical complexity, batteries, and a dead insect you still need to empty. The BugZooka takes a different approach: its spring-loaded bellows capture the bug alive in a removable catch tube, and the user decides what happens next — release outside, freeze the tube, or pre-treat the tube with a sprayed tissue before capturing.

• The BugZooka WB100 captures bugs alive; it does not include a kill mechanism of any kind.
• BugZooka disposal method 1: place the sealed catch tube in a freezer for approximately one hour.
• BugZooka disposal method 2: spray a tissue with household bug killer, suck it into the catch tube first, then capture the insect.
• BugZooka suction is generated by a spring-loaded bellows — no batteries or electric grid required.
• The smoked catch tube variant obscures the live insect from view during capture and disposal.