Chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood, recently established in southeast of the United States, poses an economic
threat to a wide-range of ornamental and vegetable plants. In this study, we examined biological
control of chilli thrips with a predatory mite, Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot, and the insidious flower
bug, Orius insidiosus Say. Laboratory tests showed that at equivalent rates, O. insidiosus was a more effective
predator of adult thrips compared with A. swirskii, although the same trend was not observed with thrips
larvae. At a rate of 20 predators per infested pepper plant,