Thrips Identification Guide
Damage
Host plants
Females 1.2 mm long, males 1 mm.
Variable in colour, from yellow to dark
brown. 8 antennal segments. Long setae
below the compound [...] cycle takes about
4 weeks.
Feeding causes 'silvering' on leaves.
Many different and unrelated plant
species, including several
greenhouse crops: orchid [...] mid-summer days,
associated with thundery weather
and therefore these insects are
also called ‘thunderflies’. Can be
found in high numbers on sticky
traps in