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thrips::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | thrip, thripid |
| Type of | thysanopterous insect, thysanopter, thysanopteron |
| Has types | onion thrips, thrips tobaci, tobacco thrips, frankliniella fusca, onion louse |
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A rhododendron that is getting adequate moisture is less susceptible to thrips.
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Thrips are little fellas, less than 2 mm long, making them very difficult to see.
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Among thrips, species that live in larger groups produce stronger antimicrobials.
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Tolerate thrips, but continue to keep your plants healthy by feeding and watering.
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Similar results were evidenced on other pests such as whitefly, thrips and aphids.
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To control chilli thrips, Ludwig recommends products with spinosad or imidacloprid.
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The major threat to the colony is another species of thrips, Koptothrips dyskritus.
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Used to target fruit flies, caterpillars, thrips and fire ants among others.
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That compared with up to 60 thrips larva found on leaves of untreated pepper plants.
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- Any of various small to minute sucking insects with narrow feathery wings if any; they feed on plant sap and many are destructive
- Thrips (Order Thysanoptera) are tiny, slender insects with fringed wings (thus the scientific name, from the Greek thysanos (fringe) + pteron (wing)). Other common names for thrips include thunderflies, thunderbugs, storm flies, thunderblights, and corn lice. ...
- (THRIP) The University of Pretoria is a large multi campus public university in Pretoria, South Africa.http://www.southafrica.info/about/education/universities.htm South Africa's universities. Retrieved 31 August 2009 Pretoria is the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. ...
- (Thrip) Three-cent piece, employed as early as the late-1800s. Possibly first used to describe our silver three-cent pieces, for when the nickel three-cent pieces arrived in 1865, these latter were called "nickels."
- Any of numerous insects in the order Thysanoptera that are of minute size, have fringed wings (if winged) and feed mostly on plant juices.
- Sing. Thrips. Tiny insects known to feed on African Violets. The most common species of Thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, is yellow in color, but Thrips may also be brown or black. Because of their very small size (about 1/50 inch), a magnifying glass may be needed to see them. ...
- Very small, thin insects that feed on sap and cause damage to foliage and flowers.
- Tiny, slender, barely visible winged insects that feed on the sap from plant tissues, scraping the tissues with their rasping mouth parts to release the sap and causing significant damage, including scarred fruit and leaves, buds that turn brown and never open, and severely deformed flowers.
- Winged insects that can feed on grape flowers and young bunches
