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

Here’s how to manage these tiny pests. Thrips are one of the absolute teeniest pests you may encounter in your garden. At less than 1/32 of an inch, or 1 mm, long, adults are barely visible without ...

It was bad enough that our region’s cold, wet spring affected our tomato plants’ ability to produce a normal crop. When an unusual insect problem arose on them as well, I began taking it personally.

I seem to have an infestation of thrips on several of my flowers in the garden. How can I get rid of these safely? Thrips will leave brownish or silver streaks which are feeding scars from the thrips ...

Q. I think some of my indoor plants have thrips. How can I know for sure, and what can I do to get rid of them? Thrip damage usually shows up as stunted growth, papery, distorted leaves, stippling, ...

Q: I think some of my indoor plants have thrips. How can I know for sure, and what can I do to get rid of them? A: Thrip damage usually shows up as stunted growth, papery, distorted leaves, stippling ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 97, No. 2 (March, 2014), pp. 349-354 (6 pages) Onion thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman and thrips-transmitted Iris yellow spot virus are the most significant pest complex ...

Insects are numerous on area landscape plants after a long, productive summer. To check for problem spots walk around weekly and look for insect activity. Check both old and new growth, plant stems ...

There are still thrips moving. That’s not supposed to happen. But wait. The crops aren’t being damaged. There is no scarring, discoloration or deformation on the leaves or the fruit. Thrips are a ...

Myoporum thrips, invasive insects that attack native naio plants, have been detected for the first time on the island of Kauaʻi.

Specialist beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) have generally been considered to be the sole pollinators of cycads that have been studied. The possible pollination role of members of the thrips genus ...

An invasive insect that attacks native naio plants has been found on Kauai, but there have not been reports of it on Maui, ...