Thrips are not a single species. The name refers to insects in the order Thysanoptera, which includes many species with very different relationships with plants. Some are serious crop and […]

Thrips larvae, also commonly called nymphs, are tiny, wingless insects with slender to oblong bodies. Most pest species have immature thrips that are translucent white, cream, pale yellow, yellow, or […]

Thrips are tiny, slender insects that often look more like moving slivers than recognizable bugs when you first spot them on a plant. Adults have long, narrow bodies and distinctive […]

Thrips are easy to miss until a plant starts looking wrong. A leaf develops silvery patches. New growth comes in distorted. Flower petals turn brown around the edges. Then, when […]

Thrips and aphids are both small plant-feeding insects, but they are usually easy to separate once you know which features to examine. Thrips have narrow, elongated bodies and often look […]

You disturb the top layer of potting mix and notice a tiny insect moving between the particles. If the plant above it also has silvery leaves or a known thrips […]

A rough gray or silvery ring around the stem end of an orange or mandarin can begin months before the fruit reaches its final size. The injury happens when tiny […]

Thrips rarely disappear after one quick spray. A plant can look cleaner for several days, then fresh silvery marks appear and tiny insects start moving across the newest leaves again. […]