Q. I think some of my indoor plants have thrips. How can I know for sure, and what can I do to get rid of them? Thrip damage usually shows up as stunted growth, papery, distorted leaves, stippling, ...

Thrips on plants in your garden or indoors can cause a lot of damage. Here's how to stop these pests with simple organic techniques. Thrips on plants can spell trouble for gardens, houseplant ...

Belonging to the Thripidae family (winged insects with fine hairs), thrips are tiny, cigar-shaped, slender-bodied bugs that are brown, yellow, or black in color. Most have fringed wings. They are hard ...

Alexandra Revynthi, an assistant professor, and Yisell Valazquez Hernandez, a biological scientist, observe plants keeping their thrip colony alive at the UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education ...