Fig 1 Fig 11
Fig 1 - Adult avocado thrips, Scirtothrips n. sp. (Thysanoptera Thripidae)

 Fig 11 - Adult green lacewing. Adult lacewings do not feed on insects.
Fig 2 Fig 12
Fig 2 - Yellow form of an adult female western flower thrips.

 Fig 12 - Green lacewing larvae feed on thrips, mites & aphids.
Fig 3 Fig 13
Fig 3 - Black form of an adult female western flower thrips.

 Fig 13- Franklinothrips vespiformis larva. Note the red band on the abdomen.
Fig 4 Fig 14
Fig 4 - Adult male western flower thrips.

 Fig 14 - Adult Franklinothrips vespiformis are ant-like in appearance.
Fig 5 Fig 15
Fig 5 - Adult female greenhouse thrips & larvae carrying fecal drops. Black mummified larvae have been parasitized by Thripobius semiluteus.

 Fig 15 - Six spotted thrips are recognizable by six brown spots on the forewings.
Fig 6 Fig 16
Fig 6 - Feeding damage to leaves caused by avocado thrips.

 Fig 16 - Predacious black hunter thrips larvae.
Fig 7 Fig 17
Fig 7 - Elongate scars on fruit caused by avocado thrips feeding.

 Fig 17 - The white wings of black hunter thrips adults fold over each other to lie on top of the abdomen.
Fig 8 Fig 18
Fig 8 - Extensive feeding damage to fruit by avocado thrips resulting in "alligator skin".

 Fig 18 - Banded wing thrips adults have two black bands on the wings.
Fig 9 Fig 19
Fig 9 - Western flower thrips (right) have stout bristles towards the tip of the abdomen. Avocado thrips (left) lack these bristles.

Fig 19 - The predatory mite Euseius hibisci is common on avocados and may feed on avocado thrips.
Fig 10 Fig 20
Fig 10 - Pirate bugs (Orius sp.) are thrips predators.

 Fig 20 - Thripobius semiluteus parasitizes greenhouse thrips larvae.