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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Thrips (Thysanoptera) » Tube-tailed Thrips (Phlaeothripidae)
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Tiny insects on Rose Plant
Copyright © 2016 Andres Walter Vialpando

Tiny insects on Rose Plant
Millerton, Dutchess County, New York, USA
December 8, 2016
A modest amount of these creatures inhabit a rose plant. Anyone know what they are? Little black ones and little red ones living together. They don't look like aphids, mites, or ladybug larvae to me.
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Contributed by Andres Walter Vialpando on 8 December, 2016 - 3:29pm
Last updated 20 March, 2019 - 2:52pm

Yes, are Thrips, prob. Phlaeo
Yes, are Thrips, prob. Phlaeothripidae, many of which are predaceous on other small criters.
… Donald R Riley, 8 December, 2016 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 December, 2016 - 4:35pm login or register to post comments

Thrips


The red ones are youngsters.

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 8 December, 2016 - 4:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you! They appear to be
Thank you! They appear to be Hollyhock Thrips... and they were on a hibiscus not a rose my mistake!
… Andres Walter Vialpando, 8 December, 2016 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

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