Bug, a real one!

Keith · 31st December 2007, 10:02

I have a very tiny little bug of some kind about the size of a red spider mite wandering about on my LCD screen!

It is under the glass, at first I though it was some kind of software type bug thingy that follows the mouse pointer but no it is a real critter!
I bet it goes and dies somewhere really inconvenient behind the screen.

Tim · 31st December 2007, 10:05

He's not the problem, its his wife and children you need to look for mate

ragitty · 31st December 2007, 10:12

Should make surfing the web easy

Keith · 31st December 2007, 13:27

A few hours later and he? is still there.
If I poke at him with the mouse cursor he moves away! probably the shadow of the cursor doing that.
I may have invented the first organic hybrid pc game?

Hang on he is heading for the trash can.................

Simon W · 31st December 2007, 13:34

Could be a 'thunderbug' Keith - you get them sneaking into picture frames. Lots of the little blighters around here. Do you have a field nearby?

e668ecp · 31st December 2007, 16:46

I've had that before... don't they go towards the light?

Simon W · 31st December 2007, 17:47

Keith - this is quoted from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thysanoptera

....... Due to their small size they have an uncanny ability to find their way into seemingly impenetrable places, such as inside watch faces, and inside picture frames. They are also frequently found to have gained entry to LCD monitors. Attracted by the light and warmth, they get between the filter layers of the LCD and the front glass. Once in they often become trapped and die shortly after, resulting in the corpse remaining in the screen indefinitely. Removal is often only possible if the LCD is dismantled.......

Also see: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...d.php?t=414740

Kandyman · 31st December 2007, 21:36

Keith we need pictures

Keith · 8th January 2008, 17:12

Alas poor bug is deceased he ground to a halt just above the start button.
He stayed there for a couple of days and then after a swift tap to the screen dropped out of sight

I do hope he was not a she and has not left behind any little buglets!

Keith · 8th January 2008, 17:15

Thanks for the links Simon I had never even considered that was possible before seeing it myself

31st December 2007, 10:02	#1
Keith This is my second home ZT400 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ellesmere Posts: 5,948 Thanks: 0 Thanked 43 Times in 29 Posts	Bug, a real one! I have a very tiny little bug of some kind about the size of a red spider mite wandering about on my LCD screen! It is under the glass, at first I though it was some kind of software type bug thingy that follows the mouse pointer but no it is a real critter! I bet it goes and dies somewhere really inconvenient behind the screen.

31st December 2007, 10:05	#2
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31st December 2007, 10:12	#3
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31st December 2007, 17:47	#7
Simon W This is my second home Rover 75 2.0 Litre Club Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: S Posts: 3,280 Thanks: 38 Thanked 50 Times in 47 Posts	Keith - this is quoted from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thysanoptera ....... Due to their small size they have an uncanny ability to find their way into seemingly impenetrable places, such as inside watch faces, and inside picture frames. They are also frequently found to have gained entry to LCD monitors. Attracted by the light and warmth, they get between the filter layers of the LCD and the front glass. Once in they often become trapped and die shortly after, resulting in the corpse remaining in the screen indefinitely. Removal is often only possible if the LCD is dismantled....... Also see: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...d.php?t=414740 Last edited by Simon W; 31st December 2007 at 17:51..

31st December 2007, 13:27	#4
Keith This is my second home ZT400 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ellesmere Posts: 5,948 Thanks: 0 Thanked 43 Times in 29 Posts	A few hours later and he? is still there. If I poke at him with the mouse cursor he moves away! probably the shadow of the cursor doing that. I may have invented the first organic hybrid pc game? Hang on he is heading for the trash can.................

31st December 2007, 13:34	#5
Simon W This is my second home Rover 75 2.0 Litre Club Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: S Posts: 3,280 Thanks: 38 Thanked 50 Times in 47 Posts	Could be a 'thunderbug' Keith - you get them sneaking into picture frames. Lots of the little blighters around here. Do you have a field nearby?

31st December 2007, 16:46	#6
e668ecp I really should get out more....... Range Rover Evoque and ZT V8 SE Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 2,232 Thanks: 20 Thanked 37 Times in 34 Posts	I've had that before... don't they go towards the light?

31st December 2007, 21:36	#8
Kandyman Banned ROVER 75 2.5 V6 Connoisseur SE Limousine 2004 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Welling Posts: 10,995 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Keith we need pictures

8th January 2008, 17:12	#9
Keith This is my second home ZT400 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ellesmere Posts: 5,948 Thanks: 0 Thanked 43 Times in 29 Posts	Alas poor bug is deceased he ground to a halt just above the start button. He stayed there for a couple of days and then after a swift tap to the screen dropped out of sight I do hope he was not a she and has not left behind any little buglets!

8th January 2008, 17:15	#10
Keith This is my second home ZT400 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ellesmere Posts: 5,948 Thanks: 0 Thanked 43 Times in 29 Posts	Thanks for the links Simon I had never even considered that was possible before seeing it myself