Abstract: An improved fly swatter including a working end and a handle having a terminal end. In one embodiment shown, the terminal end of the fly swatter handle is provided with a longitudinally extending recess in which there is a pick-up device which is adapted to be slidably and axially removed from the recess and which is composed of a pair of bifurcated members or legs which are hingedly connected to one another at a handle end and normally yieldably urged apart; the legs are adapted to be brought into and out of confronting relation by manipulation of the terminal end of the handle of the pick-up device. When removed from the fly swatter, the pick-up device is utilized for picking up dead flies and the like. In alternative embodiments illustrated, the pick-up device is carried in piggy-back relation to the fly swatter for removal and use.