Flashes and Floaters: Floaters, spots, flashes or 'cobwebs'
are small specks or strands that move through your field of vision. They are often most visible when looking at a lighter background such as a lightly coloured wall, piece of white paper, a bright sky or a white computer/tablet screen.
Floaters are small clumps of gel or cells that move around in the vitreous, the gel that fills the middle of the eye and can sometimes look like cobwebs, circles, worms, lines or dots.