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 thrips 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 larva immediately begins to feed on plant tissue. The first instar larva moults into a second instar larva. This second stage larva is bigger and has more colour. At the end of the second instar, the larva usually falls to the ground to pupate. Pupation occurs in natural crevices in the ground or lower leaf surfaces. The prepupal and pupal instars are recognizable by their developing wing buds. The adult thrips has a fully developed pair of fringed wings. Thrips cause 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-grey patches on leaves and the black dots of their excreta indicate their presence in the crop. Thrips are also responsible for the transmission of viruses. Luckily they can be controlled by a range of natural enemies.

----- Contents of this video -----

00:00 Intro
00:08 What are thrips
00:20 Thrips eggs
00:40 Thrips larvae
01:14 Thrips pupae
01:30 Thrips adults
01:39 Thrips damage
02:20 Outro

[aneriadf]

Knowing eminies is always an important part of life

[genx]

your video lacks vital info...time frame. how long before eggs hatch, how long before next pupation. I'm a horticulturalist, and that's what I was looking for.

[naveenk]

Thrips are Effecting Life of many Farmers in AndhraPradesh, Telangana & Karnataka States in India . Causing Damage to Lakhs of Acres . Red Chilli (Mirchi) is Effected by thrips .. First time in year in 2021 it caused huge damage many open farms lands and many of left with debts and left agriculture .. Again it attacked in 2022 .. effecting yelding at mid stage at in time of flowering .. We Hope God save Farmers .

[mcfprospect]

Cinnamon...swear by it, i has these mfs in my weed plants in the soil threw some on there all gone ...also spary leaves with it ...boil water with cinnamon and lighly spray it

[me-mjdt]

Great video. Thrips suck the life right out of your plants

[maddie.swift]

I have thrips on my plants 😢 give me moral support

[Stuart_]

@koppert how long can thrips live without food

[FirstTimeGrow]

Thanks for the video nice work now my weed can grow free of thripes

[nanirayal]

Same problems are fertilizers tell me pet laser name

[corpseorchids]

All of my houseplants are covered in these . It sucks

[Deti_Aloe]

Спасибо, потрясающее видео!!!
Очень понравилось.
Подписалась на канал.

[user_name]

can i use your video in my videos for providing information

[ashaneet]

Please make a video on stem and fruit boreres. Its a big request

[firegator]

Are adults able to fly? Because their wings look too weak and skinny to be capable of flying

[righthandson]

I swear these are the bugs that feed on my tissue every damn day at work!

[Remmeister]

Never heard of these before until ny partner mentioned them...and I still have no idea wtf they are

[almajid]

can you share life cycle of Pink Bollworm???

[jimi]

Just got rid of these little**** I spotted their slime on my leaves bring out the neem and pyrethrum lol

[nikitatosur]

Sir I want to rear thrips on marigold leaves can you please give me the instructions

[manavibisht]

Thrips have incomplete lifecycle..they have nymph