Vol. 3, Special Issue 3, Part J (2017)

Thrips are minute insects which are usually a few millimetres long. In spite of their small size, thrips shows some remarkable structural peculiarities unobserved among the other insects. The thrips shows many peculiarities in their behaviour and life history. In most species of mycophagous thrips fertilization of the eggs is by means of bisexual union. Also some species of thrips express a specific matting behaviour. In this paper some aspects of developments including life history, duration of developmental stages, oviposition andincubation periods of eggs of mycophagous thrips Elaphrothrips procer (Schmutz) are presented