thrips in English

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a minute black winged insect that sucks plant sap and can be a serious pest of ornamental and food plants when present in large numbers.
Insects such as ants, mealy bugs and thrips have been found in 37 out of 43 shipments, which then needed fumigation.
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1. Again, we'll start first with the pest: the thrips.

2. Because of the harm of thrips ' to alfalfa, both production and quality decrease substantially.

3. It seems thatA. intermedius is chiefly a predator of thrips but it can also prey on acari.

4. Typhlodromips swirskii (Athias-Henriot) (Acarari: Phytoseidae): a new predator for thrips control in greenhouse cucumbers IOBC/WPRS Bull

5. Microcephalothrips Abdominalis prefers to feed on plants in the composite family and therefore is commonly known as composite thrips

6. Microcephalothrips Abdominalis prefers to feed on plants in the composite family and therefore is commonly known as composite thrips

7. The aim of the present research study was to study development, reproduction and prey consumption by two predatory thrips species, Aeolothrips intermedius Bagnall (Thys., Aeolothripidae) and Franklinothrips vespiformis Crawford (Thys., Aeolothripidae) by feeding with two prey species, the western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thys., Thripidae) as well as the two spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae).

8. A new family of thrips, Moundthripidae, is described on the basis of a new genus and species, Moundthrips Beatificus, from Early Cretaceous Lebanese …

9. The thrips fauna of Norfolk Island is a curious mix of endemics and Adventives, with notable absences that include one major trophic group

10. Aphids, mealy bug and thrips cause deformity in new growth. Treat with a diluted pesticide or remove pests by hand. Never use a soap-based insecticide.

11. At the low end are independently founded Colonies, wherein single inseminated females (such as eusocial thrips and aphids and some Hymenoptera) initiate new Colonies alone

12. Most insects that feed on nectar or pollen are Anthophilous, including many butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera), wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera), but also numerous flies (Diptera), beetles (Coleoptera) and thrips (Thysanoptera).

13. A new family of thrips, Moundthripidae, is described on the basis of a new genus and species, Moundthrips Beatificus, from Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber.This taxon has plesiomorphic prognathous mouthparts, a unique type of wing venation and the main apomorphies of the Thysanoptera of the legs and mouthpart structures, suggesting that they were acquired very early during the …