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Thrips are tiny insects with rasping-sucking mouthparts, gradual metamorphosis. They feed by macerating surface layers of plant cells and sucking up the juices. They belong to the order Thysanoptera ...

— Cynthia Westcott Garden Enemies (1953)

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