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two-tone thrips
Copyright © 2007 Jim McClarin

two-tone thrips
Nashua, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
April 19, 2007
Size: about 2.2 mm
This is one of at least two thrips species found so far among thousands arthropods by pawing and sifting through flotsam from a substantially swollen catchment basin after several days of heavy, non-stop rain. I've never seen one with this color pattern or with such a wide, flattened abdomen.

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Contributed by Jim McClarin on 28 April, 2007 - 7:28pm

Moved
Moved from Thrips.
… Jim McClarin, 28 April, 2007 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

This can go in Phlaeothripida
This can go in Phlaeothripidae
… Joe, Entomologist (in training), 28 April, 2007 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Joe.
I'm getting benefits from your education and I'm not even paying for it :-)
… Jim McClarin, 28 April, 2007 - 8:10pm login or register to post comments

 
This is actually a pretty eas
This is actually a pretty easy group to ID... it's the thrips with a tube on its a**
… Joe, Entomologist (in training), 28 April, 2007 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

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