Thrips - Information from Wikipedia on the Thysanoptera or thrips, an order of about 5000 species of insect, each generally under one millimetre long. Thysanoptera: Thrips - An introduction to the Thysanoptera, with an illustration of Thrips australis. Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis - Photographs and information on this greenhouse thrip, its distribution, description, biology, hosts, economic importance and management. Selenothrips rubrocinctus: Redbanded Thrip - Illustrations and information on this species, its distribution, description, life history, hosts, its economic importance and management. Thrips palmi: Melon Thrip - Illustrations and information on this species, its distribution, life cycle, description, host plants, damage done, natural enemies and management. Thrips simplex: Gladiolus Thrip - Illustrations and information on this species, its distribution, description, host plants and management. Frankliniella fusca: Tobacco Thrips - Photograph of adult and larval thrips, with information on this vector of the tomato spotted wilt tospovirus (TSWV). Thrips - Photograph of these insects with information on their hosts, symptoms, the diseases vectored, their life cycle and description.