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Banded Greenhouse Thrip (Larva) - Hercinothrips femoralis Thrips puncture leaves, flowers, and stems of plants and suck up the exuding sap. Feeding damage causes a silvery appearance, browning, withering, and then plant death.<br /> <br /> I recently found these beasts on ~50 household plants. I suspect they came into my home in October, but I didn&#039;t notice them until about a month ago. I have been battling them ever since. They spread very quickly. <br /> <br /> The adults are less than 0.5 mm long and I photographed them with a digital microscope. <br /> <br /> Habitat: Household plants<br /> <br /> Adult:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/128695/banded_greenhouse_thrip_adult_-_hercinothrips_femoralis.html" title="Banded Greenhouse Thrip (Adult) - Hercinothrips femoralis"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/128695_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=p7kHT098MDxrmta9M33q9ohah1M%3D" width="126" height="152" alt="Banded Greenhouse Thrip (Adult) - Hercinothrips femoralis Thrips puncture leaves, flowers, and stems of plants and suck up the exuding sap. Feeding damage causes a silvery appearance, browning, withering, and then plant death. <br /> <br /> The adults are less than 0.5 mm long and I photographed them with a digital microscope. <br /> <br /> I recently found these beasts on ~50 household plants. I suspect they came into my home in October, but I didn&#039;t notice them until about a month ago. I have been battling them ever since. They spread very quickly.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Household plants<br /> <br /> Larva:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/128694/banded_greenhouse_thrip_larva_-_hercinothrips_femoralis.html<br /> <br /> Video of larva pooping on itself:<br /> https://vimeo.com/669942739<br /> Banded Greenhouse Thrip,Geotagged,Hercinothrips,Hercinothrips femoralis,Thripidae,Thysanoptera,United States,thrip" /></a></figure><br /> <br /> <br /> Video of larva pooping on itself:<br /> <section class="video"><iframe width="448" height="252" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/669942739?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" frameborder="0"></iframe></section> Banded Greenhouse Thrip,Geotagged,Hercinothrips femoralis,United States Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Banded Greenhouse Thrip (Larva) - Hercinothrips femoralis

Thrips puncture leaves, flowers, and stems of plants and suck up the exuding sap. Feeding damage causes a silvery appearance, browning, withering, and then plant death.

I recently found these beasts on ~50 household plants. I suspect they came into my home in October, but I didn't notice them until about a month ago. I have been battling them ever since. They spread very quickly.

The adults are less than 0.5 mm long and I photographed them with a digital microscope.

Habitat: Household plants

Adult:

Banded Greenhouse Thrip (Adult) - Hercinothrips femoralis Thrips puncture leaves, flowers, and stems of plants and suck up the exuding sap. Feeding damage causes a silvery appearance, browning, withering, and then plant death. <br /> <br /> The adults are less than 0.5 mm long and I photographed them with a digital microscope. <br /> <br /> I recently found these beasts on ~50 household plants. I suspect they came into my home in October, but I didn't notice them until about a month ago. I have been battling them ever since. They spread very quickly.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Household plants<br /> <br /> Larva:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/128694/banded_greenhouse_thrip_larva_-_hercinothrips_femoralis.html<br /> <br /> Video of larva pooping on itself:<br /> https://vimeo.com/669942739<br /> Banded Greenhouse Thrip,Geotagged,Hercinothrips,Hercinothrips femoralis,Thripidae,Thysanoptera,United States,thrip



Video of larva pooping on itself:

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Thrippy!

    Seriously, respect for this capture, must have been difficult and time consuming. Top post.     Posted 3 years ago
    1. View Christine Young's profile
      Christine Young
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      Thanks ;) Posted 3 years ago

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The Banded Greenhouse Thrip

Hercinothrips femoralis is a thrip in the family Thripidae.

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Uploaded Jan 25, 2022. Captured in 5 East St, New Milford, CT 06776, USA.
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