Guam Insects

Small immature thips feeding on culantro (Eryngium foetidum) leaves.  Body length of largest is about 0.8 mm.  They feed adjacent to the midriff and cause significant silvering.  Many carried fecal matter on their raised abdomen.  No adults were collected.

My guess is that this is the greenhouse thrips, Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis (Bouché).  This species was reported from Guam by D. Nafus in An Insect Survey of the Federated Satates of Micronesia and Palau, SPC Technical Paper No. 210. 1997.

Collection Data

AM20090208.001
ex culantra leaves
Guam: Tom Blas Farm
coll. J. Bamba 1 FEB 2009

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Senator Rory Respicio Wants Department of Agriculture To Meet Mandates

Written by Josh Tyquiengco, Pacific News Center – Guam, Saipan, CNMI, Asia-Pacific
Tuesday, 03 February 2009 17:02

Guam- The Department of Agriculture was the center of attention during this afternoon’s orientation hearing at the legislature. Committee on Rules and Natural Resources Chair Rory Respicio says he wants to help the agency achieve its mandates.
Some of the issues that were addressed during the hearing included the handling of the Guam Greyhounds, the control of the invasive species like the Rhinoceros beetle, and the status of the new indigenous fishing rights law. Respicio also says what he’d like to see happen is the department helping out local farmers by supplying them with the proper tools to succeed.
As a result of today’s discussions, Respicio says he is also working on piece of legislation to help the Department of Agriculture meet its mandates.

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