Thrips Identification Guide
egg
laying, and a complete generation
develop within a single gall. Adults exit
galls and migrate to new terminal leaves
to begin a new generation. The [...] (measured on
cucumber).
Both adults and larvae cause damage
that appears as a silvery streaking or
whitish blotches on leaves. Feeding can
also cause spots [...] All stages stay on the plant,
no pupation in the substrate.
Feeding causes a greyish colouration of
the leaves and eventually leaf death and
abscission