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thrips — /thrips/, n., pl. thrips. any of several minute insects of the order Thysanoptera, that have long, narrow wings fringed with hairs and that infest and feed on a wide variety of weeds and crop plants. [1650 60; < NL < Gk thríps (sing.) woodworm] * … Universalium
thrips — (also thrip) ► NOUN (pl. same) ▪ a minute black insect which sucks plant sap, noted for swarming on warm still summer days. ORIGIN Greek, woodworm … English terms dictionary
thrips — [θrɪps] (also thrip) noun (plural same) a minute black insect which sucks plant sap, noted for swarming on warm still summer days. [Order Thysanoptera: many species.] Origin C18: via L. from Gk, lit. woodworm … English new terms dictionary
gladiolus thrips — noun : a small thrips (Taeniothrips simplex) lemon yellow when a nymph and grayish black when adult that feeds on all parts of the gladiolus causing bleaching and browning of leaves and whitening and blasting of flowers … Useful english dictionary
Phlaeothripidae — Taxobox name = Phlaeothripidae image width =250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Thysanoptera subordo = Tubulifera familia = Phlaeothripidae familia authority = Uzel, 1895 subdivision ranks = Subfamilies… … Wikipedia
Scirtothrips dorsalis — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
Ant mimicry — Cricket nymph, Macroxiphus sp. Ant mimicry is mimicry of ants by other organisms. Ants are abundant all over the world, and insect predators that rely on vision to identify their prey such as birds and wasps normally avoid them, either because… … Wikipedia
Pests and diseases of roses — Roses ( Rosa sp. ) are susceptible to a number of pests, diseases and disorders. A large number of the problems affecting roses are seasonal and climatic. [Ross, D., Rose growing for Pleasure , Lothian Publishing, Melbourne, 1985, ISBN 0 85091… … Wikipedia
plant disease — ▪ plant pathology Introduction an impairment of the normal state of a plant that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. All species of plants, wild and cultivated alike, are subject to disease. Although each species is… … Universalium
Ficus macrophylla — Moreton Bay Fig Ficus macrophylla (Moreton Bay Fig) Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae … Wikipedia
