Using a net might be a little overkill. I think the point is just to limit skin contact, and to be aware that you shouldn't hold it for hours a day. Also, if you use a net, it might to try hop out of the top and hurt itself. I scoop mine up with one hand and then cup the other hand over them when I'm switching them from container to container, and they seem fine with it. They're very used to the routine by now. When those first few fruit flies go in, it looks like a game of Hungry Hungry Hippos in there!