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thrips

Any of a number of tiny insects of the order Thysanoptera, usually with feathery wings. Many of the 3,000 species live in flowers and suck their juices, causing damage and spreading disease. Others eat fungi, decaying matter, or smaller insects.
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M K Harris, Wales Pippa says: I suspect that these are tiny thrips, commonly known as thunder flies, because they often appear in vast numbers during muggy and thundery weather.
POOL rules; Gardening by The Mirror (London, England)
M K Harris, Wales Pippa says: I suspect that these are tiny thrips, commonly known as thunder flies, because they often appear in vast numbers during muggy and thundery weather.
POOL rules; Gardening by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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