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Adults have black thoraxes and yellow to dark brown abdomens, [10] but at the ends of their abdomens, they have an orange coloured tip. [6] Greenhouse thrips have a 10-segmented abdomen. [9] The bodies of the H. haemorrhoidalis are covered with cuticles that have an average thickness of 7.5 micrometers. [9]
The prevalence of other, aggressive, parasitic thrips species (Koptothrips) with known instances of hostile takeover and killing of gall thrips indicates strong selection for defense. [2] The final criterion is satisfied by soldier micropterous thrips with large barbed forelegs that assist them in defending against episodic attacks.
The generic and English name thrips is a direct transliteration of the Ancient Greek word θρίψ, thrips, meaning "woodworm". [4] Like some other animal-names (such as sheep, deer, and moose) in English the word "thrips" expresses both the singular and plural, so there may be many thrips or a single thrips. Other common names for thrips ...
5. Try Companion Planting. Basil and other strongly scented herbs naturally repel thrips, while flowering plants, like yarrow, dill, and parsley, attract ladybugs and other thrip predators ...
Scirtothrips dorsalis, the chilli thrips [derivation 1] or yellow tea thrips, is an extremely successful invasive species of pest-thrips [1] which has expanded rapidly from Asia over the last twenty years, and is gradually achieving a global distribution. It has most recently been reported in St. Vincent (2004) Florida (2005), Texas (2006), and ...
The adult common blossom thrips is a very small insect with a length of between 1 and 1.6 mm (0.04 and 0.06 in). There are two colour morphs, a dark form and a pale form, each occupying part of the range, with forms of both colours being reported from Egypt, India, Kenya, New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Sudan and Uganda.
Thrips tabaci is a species of very small insect in the genus Thrips in the order Thysanoptera. It is commonly known as the onion thrips, the potato thrips, the tobacco thrips or the cotton seedling thrips. [1] It is an agricultural pest that can damage crops of onions and other plants, and it can additionally act as a vector for plant viruses.
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.