Abstract: A manually operated, manually-powered, hand held suction device for capturing insects, solder, or other small objects by creating and then discharging a stored vacuum. A suction pulse is produced by initially creating a vacuum in an internal storage chamber of the suction device by using a manually operated piston pump, and subsequently creating an instantaneous suction into the muzzle or nozzle of the device and thence into the storage chamber by opening a trigger actuated shutter valve which lies in the barrel between the chamber and the atmosphere. The pump may include two check valves whereby repeated operation of the pump strengthens the stored vacuum. The object is sucked into the valve and toward the chamber where it is stopped by a screen. The object can then be ejected back through the muzzle by reversing the check valves or the direction of motion of the piston, pressurizing the chamber by means of the piston pump, and again pulling the trigger.