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Order Thysanoptera
the dark one is about 5 mm in length. the lighter ones, I think, are juvenile.
found them on the leaves of a topiary plant..
Hi! ChunXingWong found this pic in the internet.
http://anic.ento.csiro.au/thrips/identif...
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.
Are these common in your area?
I have never seen thrip species with such long tails, not even in the Internet.
Seems like the thrip larva in the first photo is the largest larva of them all.
@freelancing: these probably are Gynaikothrips ficorum (Cuban Laurel Thrips)..
thanks for the help.
I uploaded a fourth pic. it's not very clear though.
The black one appears to be Gynaikothrips ficorum (Cuban Laurel Thrips) - the one w/ the red stripe might be another species... unsure.
Spotted on Jan 2, 2012
Submitted on Jan 2, 2012
