Handheld vacuum assembly for the capture and collection of insects

A handheld vacuum assembly for the capture and collection of small insects comprising:

• a vacuum body having a handle member and defining a suction chamber;
• a motor coupled to the vacuum body and operably configured to generate a vacuum downstream in the suction chamber;
• a power source electrically couplable to the motor;
• a funnel member coupled to the vacuum body, having a distal tip defining a funnel opening, and defining a suction channel spanning from the funnel opening, located downstream of the suction chamber, and defining a suction channel diameter and a suction channel area that is a function of the suction channel diameter;
• and
• a filter assembly disposed upstream of the suction channel, downstream of the motor, having a porous membrane member, and having a plurality of selectively removable strips disposed thereon and each having an adhesive surface oriented in a direction facing the distal tip.