Thrips Identification Guide
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 [...] the leaf veins,
pupates in the substrate. Females
produce 70-100 eggs in total, about
2-5 per day. Developmental time at
25°C is 13 days (measured on
cucumber) [...] Pronotum with
1 pair of long setae in the lower row.
Comb not present.
Present on leaves and in leaf
axils. Often swarming in
enormous numbers during dry
and