Highly magnified view of the top rear of the abdomen of chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis, showing the pattern of three seatae (tiny hairs) near the outer margin of each segment and dark areas that help to identify this species.

Scirtothrips dorsalis abdomen with lateral microtrichia and dark areas on dorsal surface.; Georgia Credit: Stan Diffie, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org<br />Licensed under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/">Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License</a>
Credit: Stan Diffie, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License