How do you identify a ‘thrips intruder’?
September 19, 2021
shape of the antenna, hairs on the head and thorax, pattern on the head and thorax, fringe and hair on the forewings, and pattern on the forewings. Get in touch [...] thrips look very similar. And relying on the colour alone doesn't provide a solution either, as this varies depending on the ambient temperature and the food [...] americanus is the easiest to identify: these thrips have black and orange stripes on the abdomen. Remember that Thrips setosus looks very much like americanus