Giant Thrips: Head & Antennae

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Thrips (Thysanoptera)

Family:

Thrips (Phlaeothripidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Giant Thrips (Idolothrips spectrum)

This Photo:

Head & Antennae

Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli (Cinclosoma) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
~8mm from the front of the eyes, to the base of the abdomen; not including antennae nor tail.
This is a bit of a scientific joke we think

"Giant" as in much bigger than others, but still tiny.
Note the hairy wings.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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