How do you identify a ‘thrips intruder’?
September 19, 2021
the thrips and examine their colour, length, shape of the antenna, hairs on the head and thorax, pattern on the head and thorax, fringe and hair on the [...] often found in groups low in the crop, and you will almost never find them on the sticky traps. In short, a busy, striped insect is probably setosus. If [...] dubious honour of a visit from americanus . Western flower and onion thrips look very similar. And relying on the colour alone doesn't provide a solution either