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Plant feeder Thrips

Thysanoptera

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Field Notes

Description:

About 2 mm long. Black. Rather flexible

Habitat:

In rolled up dried leaves still attached to a fig tree. The rest of the leaves without these insects were wet and shiny and open.

Reference Links:

Thrips, Order Thysanoptera - Thrips - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
andrecoppe
Hi SFShep! They are plant-feeders thrips. Look at these links for more details: http://bugguide.net/node/view/7754/bgpage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrips

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