#thrips

[celestial-games]

I like thrips :] But I never hear anyone talk about thrips. I don't know anyone who's favorite bugs are thrips. I feel like most people wouldn't notice if a game about bugs didn't have any thrips

ANYWAY I MADE A BUNCH OF THEM ENJOY

[lifedrainingleech]

[dailybugfacts]

Hello hello! I didnt see thrips when I searched your blog; could you please give us a fun fact about thrips?

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Did you know that Dunatothrips Aneurae is a tiny species of thrip found in the Australian outback? These itty bitty insects (max length of 3mm) find community and home on acacia trees. It takes two of these thrips to build a home and community. The male starts the process and the female does the rest, including home repairs. As the colonies grow, the males leave to mate with those of other colonies.

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[razehider]

every flower-loving arthropod has to coexist with said flower's ever-omnipresent thrips at some point, but in the case of this little halictid bee it really looks like the Aeolothrips on the left is her purse dog that she shares a home with

(March 15th, 2025)

[vespulainfernalis]

More thrips!! (Genus Hoplothrips)

[crevicedwelling]

some phlaeothripid tube-tailed thrips found gorging on fungi

I have yet to see an adult thrips of this unknown species, but they’re typically dark black and almost antlike in shape, quite different from these fat orange juveniles—technically nymphs, since they do not pupate, but I do see many authors refer to them as larvae.

[apsciencebylyn]

Just Thrips Things

[botanybyyen]

THRIPS!!

If you do any work with flowers or pollen you'll run into a million of these little guys. Thrips (Thysanoptera) are thrips both singular and plural. They're tiny little guys, often smaller than 1mm long, so they often go unnoticed unless you're looking very closely. Their diets can vary (many are fungivours but they'll also eat pollen and other plant tissues).

This little guy is hiding out in the floret of a daisy (Osterospermum).