Lush homeowner gardens and thriving farms and nurseries across the globe are fighting a tiny invader considered one of the world's most damaging pests. The short-spined thrips, scientifically known as ...

VIJAYAWADA: Agriculture Minister Kinjarapu Atchannaidu has directed the Horticulture Department to take measures to contain the widespread black thrips attack on chilli crops. In a telephonic review ...

Invasive species can be a major threat to native wildlife, particularly on islands with smaller ecosystems. Kauaʻi, one of the primary islands in Hawai'i, has been dealing with an invasive insect that ...

Kauaʻi, one of the primary islands in Hawai'i, has been dealing with an invasive insect that's attacking native plants for the first time, according to Kaua'i Now. What's being targeted is the naio ...

First detected in the state in 2009, the Myoporum thrips, an invasive insect that attacks the native naio plant, has been found on Kauai for the first time, reported the Hawaii Department of Land and ...

Myoporum thrips are harmful to the native naio plant. Photo courtesy state Department of Land and Natural Resources An invasive insect that attacks native naio plants has been found on Kauai, but ...

Myoporum thrips, invasive insects that attack native naio plants. (Photo courtesy: DLNR) Myoporum thrips, invasive insects that attack native naio plants, have been detected for the first time on the ...

LIHUE – Myoporum thrips, invasive insects that attacks native naio plants (Myoporum spp.), have been detected for the first time on the island of Kauai. Fine ash from the eruption has fallen as far as ...

Source: Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife An invasive insect threat has newly arrived on the scenic shores of Kauaʻi, targeting the indigenous naio plants that ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Native naio plants in Hawaiʻi are under attack from invasive insects. For the first time ever, Myoporum thrips have been found on Kauaʻi, reported the State. “Myoporum thrips feed ...

Thrips are thin, tiny winged insects that are hard to see with the naked eye. However, despite their small size, they are bad news for your garden. These bugs can puncture plant tissue and suck out ...

I seem to have an infestation of thrips on several of my flowers in the garden. How can I get rid of these safely? Thrips will leave brownish or silver streaks which are feeding scars from the thrips ...