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Avocado
Predatory Thrips (Natural Enemies)
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- Banded thrips
- Black hunter thrips
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- Sixspotted thrips
- Franklinothrips orizabensis
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Names link to more information on identification
and biology.
Beneficial predatory thrips
Banded thrips, Aeolothrips fasciatus, adult
Identification tip: This predatory thrips is black
with three broad white bands on each forewing. It feeds on
other thrips and pests, such as mites and whiteflies.
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Black hunter thrips, Leptothrips mali, adult
Identification tip: This species is dark brown or
black and adults have white wings. It preys on mites and
certain other pests, such as scales, and is more active than
similar-looking adult greenhouse thrips.
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Sixspotted
thrips adult
Identification tip: There are three
dark blotches on each forewing of this mite
predator.
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Franklinothrips sp. adult
Identification tip: Franklinothrips orizabensis and F. vespiformis are predators of avocado thrips, persea mite, and other pests such as avocado lace bug. F. orizabensis is more common in avocado groves, but these Franklinothrips cannot be reliably distinguished in the field. |
Franklinothrips sp. larva
Identification tip: In comparison with avocado
thrips larvae, this second-instar predatory thrips
has a more oval shape and is darker yellow with an
orange or red swollen abdomen that appears as a colored
dot to the naked eye.
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