How to Use thrips in a Sentence

thrips

noun
  • Check for thrips, scale, mealy bugs, necrotic leaves and the like.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Nov. 2021
  • These heroes are our greatest weapons in our fight against chilli thrips.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023
  • Let the native predators pick off scale, mealy bugs, thrips, etc.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2021
  • Or thrips hitting the flowers at the right (or wrong) time might be the cause of it.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Hot days and dry winds are prime weather conditions for chilli thrips.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
  • In containers, the main pests to look for are thrips, mealybugs, and aphids.
    — Abigayle Ward, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2024
  • Look for spider mites, aphids, thrips, and other common pests.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Most likely, tiny yellow to brown insects called thrips can be seen running about.
    — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 11 June 2022
  • Oh, and that isn’t counting the unknown numbers of teensy mites, aphids and thrips.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Stressed plants can be infested by soft green aphids, thin and dark flower thrips, or tiny spider mites.
    — Rebecca Bull Reed, Southern Living, 10 June 2024
  • There are many different kinds that can pose a threat to your monstera, but one of the most common is thrips.
    — Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 27 Jan. 2026
  • This treatment should also help avoid mealybugs, mites, thrips, and whiteflies.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 June 2023
  • The only pest that seems to deliver a knockout punch with these roses is the chilli thrips.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 29 Aug. 2020
  • Place yellow sticky traps to help with the fungus gnats, thrips, and other pests that tend to plague indoor plants.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2024
  • And so far, none of those little black thrips are clinging to peonies or other flowers.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2021
  • Common pests are aphids, mealybugs, thrips, whiteflies, spider mites, and scale.
    — Miri Talabac, baltimoresun.com, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The main pests in the spring garden are aphids, hoplia beetles, caterpillars, rose slugs and thrips.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Control white flies, aphids, thrips, and leafhoppers by setting out bright yellow sticky traps.
    — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Common pests on indoor plants include fungus gnats, thrips, and whiteflies.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Chilli thrips larvae and adults extract sap from new growth and tender buds with piercing and sucking mouthparts.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Try spreading a reflective mulch, such as aluminum foil, between rows to confuse the thrips.
    — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 1 Feb. 2018
  • Marigolds Marigolds are known to repel multiple types of pests, such as cabbage worms, slugs, thrips, and white flies.
    — Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2024
  • These kill soft-bodied pests such as aphids, thrips, crawler-stage scale insects, whiteflies, leafhoppers, and mites.
    — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The culprits here are sucking insects such as leaf hoppers, aphids, thrips, chilli thrips, leaf miners or spider mites.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Another telltale sign of thrips presence is the gift of frass specks glued to the leaf; frass is the term for insect excrement.
    — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Spinosad also controls caterpillars, squash vine borers, some beetles and thrips.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 3 Sep. 2020
  • In San Diego, chilli thrips are our biggest pest problem and may require pesticides.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Ann is relatively pest resistant but can have problems with scale, weevils, thrips, and snails.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 May 2024
  • Weak in the Weeds Weeds are favorite hiding places for earwigs, thrips, and other pests and viruses.
    — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 13 Jan. 2023
  • However, some thrips, including rose thrips, onion thrips, and western flower thrips, damage plants.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Oct. 2024

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