Vespiform Thrips Franklinothrips vespiformis Crawford (Insecta:Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae)

Vespiform Thrips Franklinothrips vespiformis Crawford (Insecta:Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae)

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Franklinothrips vespiformis Crawford is a predatory citronella horse shampoo thrips with a pantropical distribution.The distinctive red, humped-back larvae and fast-moving ant-like adults are predaceous on small arthropods.In addition to being easily mistaken for an ant, this beneficial thrips is unusual in that it constructs a silken cocoon within which it pupates.Males of this species are rare.This species is sold for use as hindigyanvishv.com a biological control agent in botanical gardens, zoos, interior landscapes, research greenhouses, nurseries with ornamental plants as well as outdoors in subtropical regions.

This 4-page fact sheet was written by Runqian Mao, Yingfang Xiao, and Steven P.Arthurs, and published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, March 2015.(Photo credit: Runqian Mao, UF/IFAS) EENY621/IN1083: Vespiform Thrips Franklinothrips vespiformis Crawford (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae) (ufl.edu).