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Thrips
Thrips
Thysanoptera
Insecta
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
A few weeks
Size
Tiny
Diet
Herbivore
Activity
Diurnal
Social
Solitary
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Worldwide
Movement
Flight
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Common

About

Thrips are tiny, slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. They have an unusual mechanism, clap and fling, to create lift using an unsteady circulation pattern with transient vortices near the wings.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg
    A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
  2. 2.
    juvenile
    An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
  3. 3.
    subadult
    A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
  4. 4.
    adult
    Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Thysanoptera