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Thrips in the screens this summer

ProZack Posted messages 165 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
ProZack Posted messages 165 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -

Hello everyone,

Summer is coming and so are the pests. I don't know if you've managed to avoid this problem, but a few years ago, I had thrips (thunder bugs) that got stuck in my screen.
I never managed to get them out, and those things must be mummified by now. There are three of them, and they tease me constantly -_-

This screen, which isn't great, serves as my second monitor today, so the insect marks aren't too much of an issue anymore, but yesterday (and last summer too), I spotted one of those little nuisances wandering around on my main screen.
This screen cost me quite a bit, and I chose it for its beautiful IPS panel for digital drawing, so if a bug dies on it and I can't get it out, I won't be pleased to have the equivalent of a comma right in the middle of my screen :D

So far, no incidents, but I prefer to be cautious, hence this post.

I found a few ideas online: a small suction cup, an electric toothbrush to vibrate the area and remove the little corpse... tested on my old screen/tribe of thrips, but it didn't work. At the same time, the corpses that are there have been there for a long time, and I probably shouldn’t expect to be able to dislodge them.

On your side, have you had this kind of problem? Do you know how to avoid it? (products to put on the screen, plants, essential oils, an exorcism?) and if a bug dies in the screen, are there real effective methods you have tested yourself?

I admit, I'm pretty scared that this will happen because I can't afford to buy a new screen just for "that" :/ it would really suck. I regularly check my screen with a white jpg that I put in full screen "just in case" but I do that like every 15 minutes and it’s not livable :D

So there you go, if you have any tips, advice, whatever, I would be very grateful.

For the pest that visited me yesterday, I turned off the PC and placed a light near my screen. After turning the PC back on a good while later, the bug was gone, but was it just luck? I don’t know, but it forces you to leave your PC off for sometimes several hours to be sure it works and it's not fun, let's not kid ourselves.

Thank you, and have a good day.

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    .eric Posted messages 1386 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   86
     

    Hello

     Disassemble and clean. Dry air blown from a can sometimes with a very fine, slightly long needle nozzle.

     But as a preventive measure, there's fine mesh fabric, even finer (sold under the name mosquito net in the DIY section) that acts as a cleaning filter or can be replaced. It's more expensive to buy. It can sometimes be added if you're handy before the incident occurs from the PC to the pool.

    https://www.smartexscreen.com/fr/insect-screen-net-heavy-duty-mesh-screen.html

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  2. ProZack Posted messages 165 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   3
     

    Hello,

    Given the small size of the critters, I would have thought they could slip through a mosquito net, but that could be a solution.

    For this summer, aside from the incident last time, I've been lucky so far; they aren't too present yet. Well, I no longer open the window in the room to be sure, but I guess it's better to be warm than to ruin my screen.

    Thanks for the info ;)

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