Thrips Identification Guide
egg
laying, and a complete generation
develop within a single gall. Adults exit
galls and migrate to new terminal leaves
to begin a new generation. The [...] characteristics
Behaviour and life cycle
Damage
Host plants
Females 1.2 mm long, males 1 mm.
Variable in colour, from yellow to dark
brown. 8 antennal segments [...] total, about
2-5 per day. Developmental time at
25°C is 13 days (measured on
cucumber).
Both adults and larvae cause damage
that appears as a silvery streaking