Pest on crop
Western Flower Thrips on spinach
Frankliniella occidentalis
Tiny slender insect that rasps leaf and flower surfaces. The primary vector for Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus and Iris Yellow Spot Virus, which makes it more damaging through disease transmission than direct feeding.
- Pest
- Western Flower Thrips
- Scientific name
- Frankliniella occidentalis
- Crop
- Spinach
- Total hosts
- 10
Western Flower Thrips on spinach
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Signs on spinach
- ▸ Silvery streaks and stippling on leaves and flower petals
- ▸ Distorted new growth
- ▸ Tiny dark fecal spots
- ▸ Russeting and bronzing on fruit
IPM controls
- ✓ Blue sticky traps for monitoring (more attractive to thrips than yellow)
- ✓ Reflective mulches deter winged adults
- ✓ Spinosad spray during peak flight
- ✓ Encourage minute pirate bugs and predatory mites (Amblyseius)
- ✓ Remove weed hosts at field edges; Russian thistle and pigweed support populations
Other crops affected by western flower thrips
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