Term: Thrip
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Thrips are minuscule little pests, but that doesn’t mean that the damage they cause is always small. Not all thrips are bad, but the ones that are can cause black speckles—or small scars—on your plants or deformations in new growth. Traps of yellow sticky paper are effective against these no-see-ums: you’ll know you’re catching them if you find the paper covered in a white dustlike substance—the bodies of your pesky garden vegetarians.