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🌾 Thrips

Black Hunter Thrips

Haplothrips leucanthemi

About

A tube-tailed thrips found in the flowers of daisies and other composites across Europe. Unlike many thrips, it has a tubular last abdominal segment.

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Did You Know?

Tube-tailed thrips like this species use their distinctive abdominal tube to deposit droplets of defensive fluid when threatened.