IFAS Extension
Vespiform Thrips Franklinothrips vespiformis Crawford (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae)
Runqian Mao, Yingfang Xiao, and Steven P. Arthurs
Release Date: 7/28/2025
Agriculture
Abstract
The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms relevant to Florida. These profiles are intended for the use of interested laypersons with some knowledge of biology as well as academic audiences.
About this Publication
This document is EENY621, one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date March 2015. Revised February 2018, June 2021, and November 2024. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.
About the Authors
Runqian Mao, exchange visitor; Yingfang Xiao, research assistant, Department of Entomology and Nematology; and Steven P. Arthurs, researcher, Texas A&M University; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.
Authors
Steven P. Arthurs
Contacts
Elena Rhodes
staff
University of Florida
biological scientist III, Department of Entomology and Nematology