Arrrrrgggh! Bloomin' Thrips!

doodah · 30 Aug 2015 at 19:22

This thread has reminded me to see how a former post-doc I knew at uni is doing, he did his whole project on thrips

BDEE · 30 Aug 2015 at 19:32

I posted in the monitors forum last week about one that's really thoughtfully crawled into my ROG Swift and DIED.

Not happy.

Horrible little *****.

Feef · 30 Aug 2015 at 21:24

Never heard thrip before, but agree with being sick of small bugs. Dengue fever outbreak here is getting a bit silly, two of my friends down with it now, so death to all small annoying little bug things!

MOOGLEYS · 30 Aug 2015 at 21:27

I have just noticed one of these little buggers in the lens of my camera..... :mad:

Going to try the Dyson......

Edit - Dyson did the job... Happy days..

Flack88 · 30 Aug 2015 at 21:43

These little **** love bright colours. Remember when I was once on my bike and pulled over for a min or two. Came back to my bike and it was covered in black.

BDEE · 30 Aug 2015 at 22:16

MOOGLEYS said:
I have just noticed one of these little buggers in the lens of my camera.....

Going to try the Dyson......

Edit - Dyson did the job... Happy days..

Did you just suck at the edge of the lens?

Wondering if it might work on my monitor...

MOOGLEYS · 30 Aug 2015 at 22:22

BDEE said:
Did you just suck at the edge of the lens?

Wondering if it might work on my monitor...

I put the Hoover over the lens. It was a handheld one so not as powerful as the big one. Did the job perfect but no idea if it would work on a monitor from the edge though....

Reality|Bites · 30 Aug 2015 at 22:22

I thought it was going to be another name for Midgies lol

Pestilence · 31 Aug 2015 at 02:53

They used to swarm mad style outside my old workplace during the summer. Would constantly be covered in them when going for a lunchtime stroll.

At one point, one of the little barstewards landed on my eyeball. That was an experience.

Hate hate HATE them.

bradUK · 31 Aug 2015 at 03:25

It's ****ing grim up north.

Tephnos · 31 Aug 2015 at 04:02

Yeah, next week or two will be hell until they bugger off.

Anchundan · 31 Aug 2015 at 07:52

Are they the same as midgets? I hate midgets, seem to get swarms of them this time of year.

arknor · 31 Aug 2015 at 16:18

Anchundan said:
Are they the same as midgets? I hate midgets, seem to get swarms of them this time of year.

aren't midgies tiny flies ? they hover around in their thousands above cycle paths at face height

Sounds like it's raining as I ride through them...

V F · 31 Aug 2015 at 17:04

arknor said:
aren't midgies tiny flies ? they hover around in their thousands above cycle paths at face height

Sounds like it's raining as I ride through them...

The females bite those with rich blood.

koolpc · 5 Sep 2015 at 14:06

Killed loads of those tiny flies this year. I think they are called fruit flies?

Zogger · 5 Sep 2015 at 14:32

Anchundan said:
Are they the same as midgets? I hate midgets, seem to get swarms of them this time of year.

Swarms of midgets? That's not a very nice way to refer to dwarves. But anyway normally they come around christmas time when Snow White is on

BDEE · 5 Sep 2015 at 16:16

They are a bit different to fruit flies - Bit smaller. Just as annoying.

Doug73458 · 5 Sep 2015 at 16:18

Ahh I hate those bloody flying ant things, nothing but a pain. Just don't leave you jaw wide open when walking down the road

BDEE · 20 Jul 2016 at 18:37

Well it's that time of year again.

I have a new monitor this year - Got myself a rog swift pg279q two months ago.

I now have TWO of these blooming things currently crawling about under the panel. One looks to have died right in the middle.

I tried squashing them under the bezel when they went to the edge, but didn't work.

Totally fed up! Expensive monitor which now has no resale value and these two bloomin things to stare at all the time.

datalol-jack · 20 Jul 2016 at 18:39

Have you tried nuking them from orbit, sir?