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Thrips (singular: thrips; order Thysanoptera), commonly known as thunderflies or thunderbugs, are minute (mostly 1 mm (0.04 in) long or less), slender insects with fringed wings and unique asymmetrical mouthparts. Entomologists have described approximately 7,700 species; they are distributed globally with their food plants. They fly only weakly and their…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thrips | is a | direct transliteration of the Ancient Greek word θρίψ | 0.90 | text |
| Thrips | is a | possibility of being trapped by water | 0.90 | text |
| thrips is the possibility of being trapped by water | instance of | Thrips are picked up along with grass in the nests of birds and can be transported by the birds.A hazard of flight for very small insects | 0.80 | text |
| Elaphothrips tuberculatus are known to be facultatively ovoviviparous | instance of | Some thrips | 0.80 | text |
| retaining the eggs internally | instance of | Some thrips | 0.80 | text |
| giving birth to male offspring | instance of | Some thrips | 0.80 | text |
| the fungi Beauveria bassiana | instance of | Biological insecticides | 0.80 | text |
| Verticillium lecanii can kill thrips at all life-cycle stages | instance of | Biological insecticides | 0.80 | text |
| Thrips | related to As pests | Many | 0.60 | section |
| Thrips | related to As pests | Some | 0.60 | section |
| Thrips | related to As pests | Over | 0.60 | section |
| Thrips | related to As pests | These | 0.60 | section |
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