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The following Pest Identification Guides are intended for a wide audience. These fact sheets were created to help growers and crop consultants in industry, private homeowners, Master Gardeners, and the general public identify common arthropod pests and the damage they inflict. Each field guide provides photos of the important life stages and crop damage associated with these arthropod pests. The text highlights the pests' key general morphology and biology, distribution, and natural enemies (parasitoids and predators). Students, faculty in academia, and Extension agents may also find these guides very useful tools.
<h3>Authors</h3>
<ul><li><a href="http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_a-casuson">Nicole Casuso</a></li><li><a href="http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/topic_a-smithha">Hugh Smith</a></li></ul>

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<h1>Pest Identification Guide: Western Flower Thrips <em>Frankliniella occidentalis </em>(Pergande)</h1>
<div id="edis-author">Jeffrey D. Cluever and Hugh A. Smith</div>
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<p>Learn to identify the western flower thrips, <em>Frankliniella occidentalis </em>(Pergande), with this guide: <a href="https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/IN/IN112700.pdf" target="_blank">https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/IN/IN112700.pdf</a>.</p>
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Pest Identification Guide: Western Flower Thrips Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande)

<p><span>Several invasive species of thrips have established in Florida and become pests of vegetable, ornamental, and agronomic crops. Damage to crops results from thrips feeding and egg-laying injury, thrips vectoring plant diseases, the cost of using control tactics, and the loss of pesticides due to resistance.</span></p>

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<p>Los trips de flores da&ntilde;an las cosechas al alimentarse de ellas y poner sus huevos. lo cual resulta en la malformaci&oacute;n de los tejidos en crecimiento, lo que lleva a p&eacute;rdidas en el rendimiento de las cosechas de frutas y vegetales, as&iacute; como tambi&eacute;n al da&ntilde;o est&eacute;tico de las flores. Pueden causar un da&ntilde;o econ&oacute;mico significativo a un amplio rango de cultivos como ar&aacute;ndanos, fresas, pimientos y ornamentales. La identificaci&oacute;n de las diferentes especies de trips de flores puede ser dif&iacute;cil sin la ayuda experta.&nbsp;</p>
<h2>IPM Florida resources</h2>
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<li><a href="http://ipm.ifas.ufl.edu/applying/Thrips_Pest_Management.shtml">Thrips Pest Management</a></li>
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