Neil Challis / Timelapse of Flower thrip (species unknown) feeding on Marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre), Finemere Wood, Buckinghamshire, UK, June.

Nigel Cattlin / Western flower thrip (Frankliniella occidentalis) adult

John Abbott / Clover Thrip (Haplothrips leucanthemi) Dragon Lake, Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada, July.

PREMAPHOTOS / A cluster of Thrips {Thysanoptera} red nymphs with some black adults on garden plant, Thailand

Kim Taylor / Thrips {Thysanoptera sp} on {Convolvulus sp} flower. UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Rose thrips (Thrips fuscipennis) adult pest insect on a rose flower petal

Nigel Cattlin / Western flower thrip (Frankliniella occidentalis) pest larva on a leaf

Nigel Cattlin / Western flower thrip (Frankliniella occidentalis) pre-pupa on a leaf

Nigel Cattlin / Western flower thrip (Frankliniella occidentalis) adult on a leaf

Nigel Cattlin / Predatory thrips (Franklinothrips vespiformis) larva and adult used for biological pest control of thrips in protected crops

Nigel Cattlin / Predatory thrips (Franklinothrips vespiformis) larva used for biological control of western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) in protected crops

Nigel Cattlin / Predatory thrips (Franklinothrips vespiformis) adult used for biological pest control of thrips in protected crops

Nigel Cattlin / Predatory thrips (Franklinothrips vespiformis) larva used for biological pest control of thrips in protected crops

Nigel Cattlin / Thrip / Thunder fly (Thrips angusticeps) trapped in flower of greater periwinkle, Devon, England, UK, April

Nigel Cattlin / Black Greenhouse Thrips (Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis) causing russetting damage to young Orange fruit. Thailand.

Nigel Cattlin / Circular russeting of an Orange fruit stem end (Citrus sinensis) by Black Greenhouse Thrips (Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis). Thailand

Nigel Cattlin / Pea Thrip (Kakothrips pisivorus) damage to Peas in the pod (Pisum sativum). England, UK.

Nigel Cattlin / Black Thrips (Echinothrips americanus) damage to an ornamental Fig leaf (Ficus sp).

Nigel Cattlin / Adult Gladiolus thrip (Thrips simplex) on a damaged Gladiolus leaf, UK

Nigel Cattlin / Gladiolus thrips (Thrips simplex) nymphs on damaged Gladiolus leaf, UK

Nigel Cattlin / Gladiolus thrip (Thrips simplex) nymphs on a damaged Gladiolus leaf, UK

Nigel Cattlin / Gladiolus thrip (Thrips simplex) nymphs on a damaged Gladiolus leaf, UK

Nigel Cattlin / Damage to Pea pods (Pisum sativum) caused by Pea Thrips (Kakothrips pisivorus).