Thrips are tiny insects—their sizes range between 0.5mm and 15mm in length and many are shorter than 5mm. But the damage they cause to crops is anything but small. A 2021 research paper found that in ...

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension is warning Texas growers, nurseries and homeowners about the spread of the short-spined thrips, ...

Q. How do I know if my plants have thrips? My oranges have strange scars on the rind, but I can’t see any bugs. Thrips are tiny (around 1/20 inch long), slender insects that cause mostly cosmetic ...

The pest threatened a multi-million-dollar collapse of bell pepper crops in Palm Beach County. Researchers discovered the insect's life cycle includes a soil phase, allowing for new biological control ...

Growing Degree Days (GDD's): 0–199 GDD's, Base 50F, March 1st Start Date (Source: Robert Childs, UMass Extension.) Host Plant(s) Common Name (Scientific Name) Apple (Malus spp.) Ash (Fraxinus spp.) ...

Frankliniella intonsa flower thrips are an international horticulture pest and were first officially identified in Australia in April. It is not known how it breached biosecurity to enter the country.

The fossil thrips discovered in the Orapa Diamond Mine. Dr Sandiso Mnguni, CC BY-NC-ND Now it’s emerged that thrips are hardly new to the African continent and the southern hemisphere more broadly.