Black Hunter Thrips vs Fighting Soldier Thrips
Side-by-side species comparison
| Attribute | Black Hunter Thrips | Fighting Soldier Thrips |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific Name | Haplothrips leucanthemi | Oncothrips tepperi |
| Order | Thysanoptera | Thysanoptera |
| Family | Phlaeothripidae | Phlaeothripidae |
| Size | 1.5-2.2 mm | 1.5-3 mm |
| Habitat | Farmland | Deserts & Drylands |
| Diet | Pollen Feeders | Gall Makers |
| Regions | Europe | Australia |
| Conservation | Least Concern | Not Evaluated |
Black Hunter Thrips
A tube-tailed thrips found in the flowers of daisies and other composites across Europe. Unlike many thrips, it has a tubular last abdominal segment.
Did You Know?
Tube-tailed thrips like this species use their distinctive abdominal tube to deposit droplets of defensive fluid when threatened.
Fighting Soldier Thrips
A eusocial Australian thrips that forms colonies inside galls on Acacia trees with distinct reproductive and soldier castes. Soldiers patrol the gall and attack intruding insects.
Did You Know?
They are one of only about a dozen thrips species worldwide known to have evolved true eusociality with a soldier caste.