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The trouble with thrips: They’re as annoying to gardeners as is possible

7 Aug 2019
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
These tiny, black, thread-like pests dig into plants and like to hang about in gangs, which is why you see so many of them. It is as if they want to be as annoying as possible.
Anchorage Daily News / Moses Tcheripanoff
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