Western Flower Thrips
Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande)

Flower thrips are cigar-shaped and around 2 mm long. Adults are tan, and nymphs are white. They occur in several crops and are generally of minor or transient importance. They feed on the blossoms and on the surface of leaves by rasping and puncturing the cells of the plant surface causing a “silvering” where they have fed. Host plants: beans, peas, corn, cereals, potatoes, alfalfa.