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Well folks, I just got back from a 9 hour flight from Ontario so I hope this post makes sense.\u00a0 I made a surprise trip home to visit my family. Since my family are some of my biggest fans, I couldn’t mention the trip on Wild Facts.\u00a0 This would be the reason I have not been responding to the comments as quickly as usual.\u00a0 I am back now and everything is back to normal so let’s continue with our insect themed week.\u00a0 We have talked about some large insects so I wanted to go in the opposite direction today.\u00a0 We are going to look at the Thrips.\u00a0 I know it sounds like the name of a band or\u00a0 some medical condition like rickets.<\/p>\n
In reality, Thrips are actually a tiny, little insect that can range in size from 0.5 mm to 14 mm (0.020″ – 0.55″).\u00a0 Although there are some thrips that 14 mm long they tend to be under 1 mm.\u00a0 Basically, they are tiny. In fact they are so small they will actually feed on an individual spore of fungus or an single plant cell.\u00a0 There are about 5000 species of thrips that have been discovered so far and they can be found throughout the world in leaf litter, fungi and flowers. I always wonder how you discover a bug that is only 0.5 mm in size.\u00a0 I have a hard time seeing a billboard while driving but don’t tell anyone since I don’t want to lose my license.<\/p>\n
I am going to introduce you guys to a new word but don’t worry I will give you a definition soon.\u00a0 Thrips are actually a thigmotactic species which simply means they like to be in confined spaces.\u00a0 Hmmmm, I wonder if that\u00a0 means being thigmotactic is the opposite of being claustrophobic? Geez, it is big word day here at Wild Facts.\u00a0 Adult and juvenile (larvae) thrips will often congregate together.\u00a0 This behaviour has been known to cause an unusual problem for humans.\u00a0 Any guesses? Well, it isn’t the usual problems that other insects inflict on us “poor” humans.\u00a0 Nope, these guys will often cause smoke detectors to go off as the masses enter this nice comfy shelter. And you just thought it was a dying battery! So if you get the urge to pull the fire alarm at school, you can now blame it on a mass of thrips.\u00a0 Okay, I was just kidding.\u00a0 Please don’t run out and start pulling the school alarms.<\/p>\n
Well, that does it for another day of Wild Facts.\u00a0 See all of you tomorrow.<\/p>\n
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\nThrips: Thysanoptera – Physical Characteristics, Habitat, Diet, Behavior And Reproduction, Thrips And People, Western Flower Thrips (frankliniella Occidentalis): Species Account – GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, CONSERVATION STATUS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Well folks, I just got back from a 9 hour flight from Ontario so I hope this post makes sense.\u00a0 I made a surprise trip home to visit my family. Since my family are some of my biggest fans, I couldn’t mention the trip on Wild Facts.\u00a0 This would be the reason I have not been responding to the comments as quickly as usual.\u00a0 I am back now and everything is back to normal so let’s continue with our insect themed week.\u00a0 We have talked about some large insects so I wanted to go in the opposite direction today.\u00a0 We <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,4024],"tags":[348,4113,4025,832,835,833,834],"yoast_head":"\n
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