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linda_nc Greensboro, NC(Zone 7b) May 23, 2007

What are these teeny-tiny bugs? Are they destructive? They are easily seen on my llight-colored roses and columbines.

Here's a close-up on the rose:

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linda_nc Greensboro, NC(Zone 7b) May 23, 2007

And here is a view of them on the columbine:

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CANativeGrower Sacramento, CA May 25, 2007

Those are adult thrips. They are a major pest and can be delt with using biological control with Amblyseius Cucumeris Amblyseius Degenerans, Orius Laevigatus, or Orius Majusculus. You can also chemically treat with something like Spinosid which is a bacteria

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