A rather beautiful female Aeolothrips ericae found in heather in the garden. Additional pictures below. Note specifically the antennal segment shading. Also note the eye is longer ventrally than dorsally.
An Aptinothrips rufus found on the grass edge of the soft rock cliff at Little Galley Hill. Additional pictures below can all be viewed larger with a click.
A female Haplothrips aculeatus found in reed next to Pebsham Lane. Thanks are owed to Dr.Manfred Ulitzka for identification. Additional pictures below can be viewed larger with a click.
Unknown species of genus Haplothrips found at Saragossa, NE Spain in dry gypsy terrain at about 200 meters over sea, in open pine plantation, over flowers of Helichrysum spp.
Unknown species of genus Haplothrips found at Saragossa, NE Spain in dry gypsy terrain at about 200 meters over sea, in open pine plantation, over flowers of Helichrysum spp.
This thrips seems to be a predator. Family: Phlaeothripidae UZEL, 1895 ?en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlaeothripidaewikivividly.com/wiki/Tubuliferasome info regarding predatory thrips on Thailand: keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/thrips_of_california/identi...Suborder: Tubulifera (tube-bearers, i.e. the last abdominal segment is elongated into a tube)Order: Thysanoptera (thunderbugs; Fransenflgler, Thrips, Blasenfe oder Gewitterfliegen)Subclass: PterygotaClass: Insecta (insects, Insekten)Subphylum: HexapodaPhylum: ArthropodaL: ~3-4mmIndonesia, W-Java: 10km S Tangerang, 50m asl., 30.10.2010IMG_6393-5 manually composed stack (#3, MP65mm Magnification 3x, 1/100s, f/11, ISO400, 0EV, flash, monopod)