Thrips live on plants. They suck the sap out of the leaves, and the affected areas often appear to be shimmering because air enters into the empty cells. Some thrips are considered pests. The thrip eggs are laid within the plant tissue with a saw-like ovipositor. The male thrips are very rare; therefore, the eggs […]
Thrips
Thrips (Thysanoptera) are also known as thunder flies, thunder bugs, storm flies, thunder blights, storm bugs, corn flies and corn lice. Their legs usually end in two tarsal segments with a bladder-like structure and their four very wings have ciliated fringes on the edges. In Denmark, there are more than 100 different thrips species and […]
Musca autumnalis
This is a relative of the common housefly, which it closely resembles, and indeed the two are difficult to distinguish. The eggs are laid in fresh cow pats in the fields and the larvae feed on the dung. The adult flies live around the cattle and are not seen indoors during the summer. In the […]
Forest flies
(Latin: Hippoboscidae) The insects in this family have an unattractive, flat body and a crab-like gait and they cling to their victims with powerful claws. At first sight they do not look very much like flies. They are specialised for living on mammals or birds, where they crawl around in the fur or among the feathers […]