thrips
Tiny sap suckers
Thrips are tiny slender insects that feed on plants by puncturing leaves and flowers and sucking out their contents.
They're common garden pests, causing silvery streaking or stippling on foliage.
The word is both singular and plural—one thrips, many thrips: The thrips have infested the roses.
Depositing reflective metal coating
- stipplingDot-based shading technique
- scarringPermanent mark formation
- distortionTwisting from original state
- russetingRough brown skin patches
streaking · discoloration · curling · stunting · necrosis · chlorosis · speckling
Pest takeover situation
- crop damageHarm to cultivated plants
- vectorQuantity with direction
- biocontrolPest control via organisms
- insecticideToxic agent targeting pests
monitoring · quarantine · outbreak · economic impact · resistance · sticky traps · threshold · scouting
Minute sap-sucking insects
- entomologyStudy of insects
- arthropodJointed-limb invertebrate phylum
- hexapodSix-legged arthropod
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
larvae · nymphs · instar · molt · exoskeleton · life cycle · microscopic · elongated
silvering
Depositing reflective metal coating
- stipplingDot-based shading technique
- scarringPermanent mark formation
- distortionTwisting from original state
russeting · streaking · discoloration · curling · stunting · necrosis · chlorosis · speckling
infestation
Pest takeover situation
- crop damageHarm to cultivated plants
- vectorQuantity with direction
- biocontrolPest control via organisms
insecticide · monitoring · quarantine · outbreak · economic impact · resistance · sticky traps · threshold · scouting · invasion
thunderbugs
Minute sap-sucking insects
- entomologyStudy of insects
- arthropodJointed-limb invertebrate phylum
- hexapodSix-legged arthropod
antennae · larvae · nymphs · instar · molt · exoskeleton · life cycle · microscopic · elongated · parthenogenesis
roses
Thorny flowering shrubs
- onionsPungent layered cooking bulbs
- citrusAcidic fruits with segments
- avocadoCreamy tropical pit fruit
cotton · gladiolus · chrysanthemums · peppers · tomatoes · beans · cucumbers · grapes · strawberries · orchids
- sap-sucking insectsaphid, aphids, planthopper, mealybugs, scale insects
- thrips
- arthropodsarthropod, arthropods, Arthropoda, insects, insect
- farm pestsaphid, aphids, armyworm, boll weevil, corn borer
- insectespapillon, bourdon, puce, termite, mite
- leaf eaterskoala, caterpillar, leaf insect, leafcutter ant, silkworm