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Thrips can also hitch a ride indoors on houseplants that are kept outside during summer, as well as cut flowers and fresh produce, so you might want to inspect these items too and spray them with ...
Most species of thrips have a haplo-diploid reproductive mode and reproduce via arrhenotoky (a form of parthenogenesis). [14] Kreuger et al. (2015) report the mean lifespan of E. americanus to be 10 – 14 days. [15] As a member of the suborder Terebrantia, E. americanus has two larval instars (developmental stages) as well as two pupal instars ...
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The Thripidae are the most speciose family of thrips, with over 290 genera representing just over two thousand species. [2] They can be distinguished from other thrips by a saw-like ovipositor curving downwards, narrow wings with two veins, and antennae of six to ten antennomeres with stiletto-like forked sense cones on antennal segments III and IV.
Other methods of microbial control have been used against the greenhouse thrips as well. Entomopathogens are a form of microbial insecticides that are used for thrips control. [15] But despite being somewhat susceptible to fumigation and insecticides, it is said that H. haemorrhoidalis have great tendency to develop resistance to insecticides ...
The chili thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis, is an Asian pest on many crops, including chili peppers, roses, strawberry, tea, ground nuts, and castor bean. The western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis , has recently expanded its range from western North America to large portions of Europe and Asia through the trade of greenhouse plants.
Amynothrips andersoni is a species of thrips known as alligator weed thrips. It has been used as an agent of biological pest control against the noxious aquatic plant known as alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides). This thrips is native to South America. It has been imported and released in the United States to feed upon alligator weed.
It is used as a control agent against thrips on avocado trees. Together with F. vespiformis it has been marketed in Europe as a control agent against thrips in greenhouses. F. vespiformis also feeds on mites, nymphs of a whitefly species and the larvae of an agromyzid fly. F. megalops has been used for thrips control in "internal landscapes".