Thrips Identification Guide
on the
lower leaves in plants. Adults not very
active flyers and not often found on
sticky traps. All stages stay on the plant,
no pupation in the substrate [...] occurs in the substrate.
Reproduction time is about
18 days at 25°C. Females lay
20-60 eggs in total, depending
on the host plant.
Feeding results in silvery [...] leaves. Feeding also results in
a specific, directed growth reaction that
causes the leaf to roll, or the leaf may
fold along the midrib.
Ficus benjamina