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Thrips

Order Thysanoptera

Description:

the dark one is about 5 mm in length. the lighter ones, I think, are juvenile.

Habitat:

found them on the leaves of a topiary plant..


1 species ID suggestions

Cuban Laurel Thrips
Gynaikothrips ficorum Cuban Laurel Thrips

18 Comments

aldrin
aldrin a year ago

nahanaw oi... hehehe

MizelOstria
MizelOstria a year ago

haha . . wagtang lang ug kalit!

aldrin
aldrin a year ago

lupad muleeeng..... sutoy pa gani....

MizelOstria
MizelOstria a year ago

they can fly too.

aldrin
aldrin a year ago

Hi! ChunXingWong found this pic in the internet.
http://anic.ento.csiro.au/thrips/identif...

aldrin
aldrin a year ago

i don't know if they are common. i found them in our small roof garden.. These thrips really has longer tail compared to the Cuban Laurel Thrips suggested by freelancing.

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong a year ago

Are these common in your area?
I have never seen thrip species with such long tails, not even in the Internet.

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong a year ago

Seems like the thrip larva in the first photo is the largest larva of them all.

hg_williams3
hg_williams3 a year ago

looks like something out of the movie splice

Leuba
Leuba a year ago

very interesting...thanks !

aldrin
aldrin a year ago

@freelancing: these probably are Gynaikothrips ficorum (Cuban Laurel Thrips)..
thanks for the help.

I uploaded a fourth pic. it's not very clear though.

freelancing
freelancing a year ago

The black one appears to be Gynaikothrips ficorum (Cuban Laurel Thrips) - the one w/ the red stripe might be another species... unsure.

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves a year ago

scorpions*

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves a year ago

Look like scorcipons

Carolina
Carolina a year ago

So cool Aldrin!!

ThePinappleMan
ThePinappleMan a year ago

Cool!

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves a year ago

Wow!

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong a year ago

Great spotting, I have never seen a thrip this long.

Leyte, Philippines

Lat: 10.92, Long: 124.45

Spotted on Jan 2, 2012
Submitted on Jan 2, 2012

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