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I love shoes
Beginner July 2008

Thunder bugs get every where.....

I love shoes, 13 July, 2009 at 20:01 Posted on Off Topic Posts 0 8

Last night just as I was about to shut down my laptop I saw a black mark on my screen, I thought uh oh dead pixels....

Then it moved...

Its a sodding thunder bug but its not on the outside of my screen..

Oh no that would be far too simple - its somehow got inside my screen and is crawling around under the surface, I can see it moving around now but cant work out how it got in and if I can get it out without breaking my laptop..

Any ideas before I end up with bits of laptop around me and a dead thunderbug??


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Latest activity by I love shoes, 14 July, 2009 at 07:53
  • Mal
    Expert January 2018
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    What is a thunder bug?

    and ? at the photo!!

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  • HeidiHole
    Beginner October 2003
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    They drive me bloody mad, can't go in the garden without getting smothered in the blighters. I'd leave it, it will die eventually.

    Is there a more pointless insect? I don't think so.

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  • Sairedy
    Beginner September 2003
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    Oh no! poor you!

    they have been annoying me for weeks getting everywhere and making my house look a mess and making me clean more arrrggggghhhh

    no idea how to get it out of the screen, hope it dies soon (the thunder bug not your laptop)

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  • Dooby
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    They really do get in everywhere don't they, i've heard of computer getting bugs but not like that!! ?

    With any luck it's going to frazzle itself on the laptop's electrics and that will at least stop the bugger wandering around all over your screen.

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  • claires
    Beginner July 2008
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    ?

    i have never heard of thunder bugs....

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  • Melawen
    Beginner January 2007
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    Assuming you're being serious - lucky lucky you! Eight years ago just after we moved into the last house - having already dealt with an infestation of fleas - we had an infestation of these little buggars! I'd never come across them before and nor had my now husband so we ended up taking a sample into the local authority to be told what they were (we were convinced that it was fleas or something again). It was a nightmare time - this time we've moved and I've got a leaking conservatory instead. ok it might be more expensive to fix but believe me when I say I'd rather have that to deal with!

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  • Flaming Nora
    Beginner May 2003
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    I had one find its way into my screen but it disappeared after a day or so. Annoying little feckers.

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  • FizzyLizzy
    Beginner December 2004
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    I haven't heard of thunder bugs either! what are they?!

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  • I love shoes
    Beginner July 2008
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    Well I think it must have died, it hasnt moved since I got home from work yesterday, but it is still in the same place on my screen, so its really annoying...

    for those that havent heard of them - where have you been???

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrips

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