Thunderflies

decmatt · 19 Jul 2010 at 22:20

Had one die in my Laptop screen, annoying me like anything

The Badger · 20 Jul 2010 at 01:46

yup, annoying me so much at work today.

wez130 · 20 Jul 2010 at 08:56

These are annoying the hell out of me at work too, keep flying in my face from the fan

willhub · 20 Jul 2010 at 09:03

So do we need to cope with these in our monitor just like dead pixels? I'm out of warranty on mine, and one is on the search bar when FF is on, and the other to the left of it :\

MooMoo444 · 20 Jul 2010 at 09:25

I honestly have no idea what everyone in this thread is talking about? You all make it sound like theres a big mushroom cloud of flying insects sweeping over the nation.

I've not seen anything of the sort, and certainly haven't got an insect problem o__o ?

willhub · 20 Jul 2010 at 09:58

They're little black thing bugs, look like splinters really, I've got 3 in my monitor now :\

Efour · 20 Jul 2010 at 10:00

Never ever seen 1 tho i do live in London suburbs.

Please don't hotlink. Thank you.

Nexus · 20 Jul 2010 at 10:14

willhub said:
So do we need to cope with these in our monitor just like dead pixels? I'm out of warranty on mine, and one is on the search bar when FF is on, and the other to the left of it :\

Even if it was in warranty, you couldn't warranty a monitor because an insect got inside of it.

iviv · 20 Jul 2010 at 14:47

Nexus said:
Even if it was in warranty, you couldn't warranty a monitor because an insect got inside of it.

Could you claim it was a group of dead pixels? I'm not sure what DPs look like, having been lucky enough to avoid them, but just looking at it, how different would dead pixels look to a small rectangular bug shape?

Ciphon · 20 Jul 2010 at 14:49

Our office has been under heavy fire from these little annoyances.

We're surrounded by fields, and have 1000s of them around the office.

A couple of them even managed to get under people's monitor screens - and walk around on the screen, but under the cover :eek:

The Dread Pirate · 20 Jul 2010 at 15:25

They tend to ignore my house probably due to the insane amount of arachnids that live all over it.

jack.mitchell · 20 Jul 2010 at 18:15

They're out in full force now in Rugby. Caught a few for my Mantis but he doesn't seem interested, so not even good for pet food! Do they actually come out to anticipate a storm, or is just the hot/humid weather conditions at the moment?

Pixel · 21 Jul 2010 at 01:12

jack.mitchell said:
They're out in full force now in Rugby. Caught a few for my Mantis but he doesn't seem interested, so not even good for pet food! Do they actually come out to anticipate a storm, or is just the hot/humid weather conditions at the moment?

I assume they just come out during hot and humid weather, that way they get to be as annoying as possible.

Storms often follow after periods of humidity, I imagine this is just a coincidence, and also how they got their name.

Whappers · 21 Jul 2010 at 01:56

Ignore.

BigglesPiP · 21 Jul 2010 at 02:35

Silverstone was swarming with some sort of small black fly, they like green.

Overslop · 21 Jul 2010 at 02:49

Tombstone said:
Best.....decade....ever.

If by 80s you mean 1880s then I concur entirely.

Camoe · 21 Jul 2010 at 02:54

Been hit by the likes of some of you. got one under my Dell 19' Panel. been there for about 4 years. ive learned to live with it!

Participant · 21 Jul 2010 at 10:30

Three of these have died under the TFT screen in our bedroom :mad:

. That's what I get for buying Technika I suppose

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Delvis · 22 Jul 2010 at 11:32

Tombstone said:
Best.....decade....ever.

Damn straight, even if i was a baby

on a side note, damn thunderfly in my monitor!!!

radar19 · 1 Aug 2010 at 01:19

Sorry to bump this thread but I had one of those buggers crawling around in my monitor earlier tonight. I'm hoping turning the screen off will force it out.

Is there anyway of getting them out of a screen without a glossy/glass front?