The life cycle of thrips

thrips are a major problem in greenhouse horticulture they can easily overwinter and attack plants early in the season the eggs of trips are kidney shaped and are laid in leaves flower petals and in the soft parts of stalks before a female deposits an egg she first makes an opening in the plant tissue after hatching the larvae immediately begins to feed on plant tissue the first instar lava molt's into a second instar lava this second-stage larvae is bigger and has more color at the end of the second instar the larvae usually falls to the ground to pupate pew patient occurs in natural crevices in the ground or lower leaf surfaces the pre pupil and pupil in stars are recognizable by their developing wing buds the adult strips has a fully developed pair of fringed wings thrips caused damage to the plant by piercing the cells of the surface tissues and sucking out their contents causing the surrounding tissue to die the resulting silver gray patches on leaves and the black dots on their excreta indicate their presence in the crop trips are also responsible for the transmission of viruses luckily they can be controlled by a range of natural enemies check out our YouTube channel and website for more information on agricultural pests

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Length: 2min 27sec (147 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 24 2016