Thrips Identification Guide
Yellow brown to black in colour.
Head longer than width with clear red
eyes. 8 antennal segments. Last
segment tube-shaped.
Adults migrate to terminal leaves [...] generation
develop within a single gall. Adults exit
galls and migrate to new terminal leaves
to begin a new generation. The life cycle
takes about 30 days. Thrips [...] Host plants
Females 1.2 mm long, males 1 mm.
Variable in colour, from yellow to dark
brown. 8 antennal segments. Long setae
below the compound eyes and 2