Thrips or Thunderbugs

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poliopete
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Thrips or Thunderbugs

Post by poliopete »

Living in this rural and intensive corn/wheat growing neck of the woods they are an all round aggravation :head: until after the harvest, then they disappear.

Framing everyday images using the "sandwich" method solves the problem of them crawling under the glass and entering the package. :D I am aware this has been discussed at length in previous threads. But;

My question is how to keep them out of framed and mounted sports shirts? How do I seal the frames when using spacers? or do I just seal in the glass? otherwise, I can see problems coming down the line. :oops:

Any advice/comments/suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Peter
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Re: Thrips or Thunderbugs

Post by Timh »

They're a real pita
you could try taping the glass in to the frame first
see if that works
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Re: Thrips or Thunderbugs

Post by prospero »

If it's any use, it is a fact that they always invade from the front. So taping the glass to the frame as Timh says would go a long
way to keeping them out. A strip of fillet tape would work. Or 12mm d/s sliced down the middle.
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Re: Thrips or Thunderbugs

Post by poliopete »

Tim and Peter

Thank you both. : :D

I had come to that conclusion. It's just that somehow, taping in the glass goes against the grain, :( as I can't think of another way that's what I will do.

Peter
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