Western Flower Thrips

Western flower thrips feed on lettuce and vector plant viruses. Thrips cause injury to lettuce bypuncturing leaves and sucking the plant sap. Punctured leaves take on a silvery appearance that eventually turns to brown scarring and can be confused with windburn or blown sand damage. Look for the presence of small, black fecal specks in the damaged area to confirm thrips damage.Western flower thrips is the most important vector ofTomato spotted wilt virusand the only known thrips species to vecto