Hundreds of the little buggers in my office. Keep getting in my hair!

*scratches and flails*

How do I get rid of them?
I guess they’re coming in the window ‘cos it’s near a hedge. Too hot to close it though 🙁

Thrips species feed on a large variety of sources, both plant and animal, by puncturing them and sucking up the contents.

😯

Run. Run fast.

X-Files – Darkness Falls was always my fave episode*, now I’m not so sure. 🙁

*Mostly ‘cos Scully** was cute*** then!

** Didn’t she have a pop video banned for being too rude?

***OK – Not in that pic

Ah, Scully… the loveliest Gillian ever?

These musings are all very nice, but how are you coping with the invasion? Homemade Mr T-style flamethrower assembled yet?

I’m afraid I’m just sulking and trying to fix this bloomin’ solid model.

Oh, and posting pics of my with my finger up my nose in the yoghurt thread.

Thrips?

*EDIT* Aaaah thunderbugs! itches

Little buggers

Admire them for the fact that their name doesn’t change whether it’s singular or plural.

THEN CRUSH THEM!!!!

1:1000 ratio and I have enough distractions.

Tomorrow –

Meanwhile

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Thrips?

*EDIT* Aaaah thunderbugs! itches

Thrips/Thunderflies are different to thunderbugs in my world.

Thunderflies = tiny thin things that get under lcd screens
Thunderbugs = small round things that mean you don’t wear yellow

Don’t seem to get any round here, always used to be bad where I grew up.

I don’t believe this: now at my flat one’s crawled into the actual centre of my one remaining 24″ flat-panel and died. It looks like 10 pixels have gone out, but I recognise the shape of the little sod, and when I tapped the screen it moved a couple of mm.

How the hell am I supposed to get this out?

I have to spend all day doing CAD with this here. Any ideas how to remove it? I guess I have to take the backlight and spreader apart.

Oh dag nammit, I just scrolled down to preview this post and there’s another at the bottom of the screen walking about inside it!!!! AAAAARRRGRGHHHH!!!!!!