| Unlike gall midges, thrips have a wide host range, feeding on the flowers of many species of plants. |
| There are a few pests to watch for that like fuchsias such as spider mites, thrips, whiteflies, aphids, and fuchsia gall mites. |
| Insects such as ants, mealy bugs and thrips have been found in 37 out of 43 shipments, which then needed fumigation. |
| What most gardeners call thrips are the larvae of a flying insect entomologists group in the suborder Terebrantia. |
| Some of them also work on mite or thrips outbreaks on roses, strawberries, fruit trees, cucurbits, eggplant and other garden plants. |
| Besides researching thrips, he studies speciation and asexuality in walking sticks and the phylogenetics of Galapagos Islands snails. |
