Kickstarter to have Thunderflies (Thrips) genetically engineered to become magnetic

[Bubo]

Well, if there isn't already a Kickstarter for this there damn well should be.

On Sunday, noticed during the World Cup final, one of the little sods decided infiltrate my 4K TV, two inches down from the top slap in the middle, and die there. Then literally a day later, another of the clan escalated things by entering my Asus PG79Q, again two inches from the top, slap in the middle! This was despite closing all the windows and cooking. I was miffed to say the least about the one in the TV, but if it ended up staying there I could have probably trained myself to ignore it eventually, given the distance you normally sit. But the one in my monitor made me rage like I haven't in a long time, things were thrown, utter disbelief.

Luckily, after the initial tantrum, I was able to tap the one in the monitor out of the way by turning it upside down and hoping for the best. The PQ79Q does seem to have a reasonable gap between the the front screen and the LCD matrix so this not that bad, but the TV looks much more tightly assembled. Not looking forward to having to turn it upside down and phaff about in order to try. So, who is up for a Kickstarter to make these gits magnetic, some good must come out of genetic modification at some point surely.

 

[Bubo]

I also have a Sony tv, what was your method, basic tap and pray or something else? I am leaving it there for the mo until the summer is over, in case any more of the buggers decided to join in. Obviously entering via the vents on the back, did think about putting some guaze or something other them, same with the monitor. Also, the day after I posted this another one got in the monitor. This time I watched it crawl about, it eventually headed off to the side and as soon as it made it under the bezel it was squashed, and with some satisfaction I might add.

 

[Bubo]

Count for me so far is 4, 3 in the monitor and 1 in the TV which is still there. This after never had one go any where near any screen in my house in the 15 or so years I have used lcd displays in one form or another.

Is there any consensus on how they are getting in? My theory was they were going in via the back vents and finding their way to the screen, but this would be a fair trek for an insect. Now I am thinking they are simply landing on the front of the display and going through the gap between the bezel and the front screen, and up and over/around to between the screen front and TFT layer. Maybe if there was some cream you could smear into the gap which would harden and seal, but could be wiped off the front to leave no residue, like Windolene? May have to trial on a redundant display I have kicking about. Hmm, after reading some of the typical ingredients this is probably not a good idea.