One of my favorite flowers to cut and bring in the house in the summer are gladiolus. A question often raised is “how do you prevent thrips in gladiolus?” Thrips seem to be the biggest pest for this ...

Lush homeowner gardens and thriving farms and nurseries across the globe are fighting a tiny invader considered one of the ...

University of Florida researchers have found key biological secrets behind the rapid spread of the short-spined thrips in the ...

Q: I have a white back door and thousands of these very tiny bugs keep landing on the door and then flying up in a cloud when I open it. I have also noticed what looks like the same insect flying out ...

Q: I have several roses in my yard, some that I pick to bring indoors. All the roses with the white and pink blossoms keep getting brown steaks in the flowers, making them look like they are diseased.

ONTARIO, Ore. — Anitha Chitturi has researched thrips for a decade. Most recently, she’s focused on managing the tiny insects in the Treasure Valley onion crop — including by reducing their appetites.

Every year, small insects infest my gardenia blooms and destroy them. I want to bring some in and display them but with these insects I can’t. Do you have a solution? These insects, thrips, are a ...

There are still thrips moving. That’s not supposed to happen. But wait. The crops aren’t being damaged. There is no scarring, discoloration or deformation on the leaves or the fruit. Thrips are a ...