Thrips Identification Guide
tal time at 25°C is 15 days.
Females live about 20 days and lay
2-5 eggs per day.
Feeding causes 'silvering' on leaves
along with leaf, flower or fruit [...] pupates in the substrate. Females
produce 70-100 eggs in total, about
2-5 per day. Developmental time at
25°C is 13 days (measured on
cucumber).
Both adults [...] leaf surfaces. Will go into
diapause in response to less than
12 hours light per day and low
temperatures. Will probably also survive
outside greenhouses.