PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an insect capturing tool provided with an adhesive member that can maintain stickiness over a long period of time.SOLUTION: An insect capturing tool 110 is provided with a dried gel thin film 34, as an adhesive member to capture an insect, prepared by drying a hydrogel thin film obtained by gelifying a foam film of an aqueous solution that contains a surface-active polymer compound capable of gel-forming, a support frame 11 that has at least one penetrating opening 12 where the dried gel thin film 34 is stretched over the opening 12.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】長期間に亘って粘着性を維持できる粘着部材を備える虫捕獲用器具を提供する。【解決手段】虫を捕獲するための粘着部材として、ゲル形成可能な界面活性高分子化合物を含む水溶液の泡膜をゲル化させたヒドロゲル薄膜を乾燥させて調製された乾燥ゲル薄膜34を備え、虫捕獲用器具110は、少なくとも1つの貫通した開口12を有する支持枠11を備え、開口12に、乾燥ゲル薄膜34が張設されている構成。【選択図】図1