Thrips Identification Guide
mm long, males 1.3 mm.
Dark brown to black and armoured. End
segments of legs yellow. Forewings
dark, but sharply white near the base.
8 antennal segments [...] coloured thrips, forewings mainly
pale with 2 dark cross bands. End
segments of legs yellow.7 antennal
segments, I–V largely yellow and all
slender. Head and [...] characteristics
Behaviour and life cycle
Damage
Host plants
Body and legs variable in colour, but
mainly brown. Morphologically close to
western flower