Thrips are tiny, sap-sucking insects that can cause significant damage to plants, both indoors and out. These slender, ...

Belonging to the Thripidae family (winged insects with fine hairs), thrips are tiny, cigar-shaped, slender-bodied bugs that are brown, yellow, or black in color. Most have fringed wings.

Thrips are very small and identification often requires a magnifying lens to see them. Their damage usually appears as scarred or distorted leaves, and discolored or scarred flowers and fruit.