Limothrips cerealium Haliday, 1836
(Thunder Bug, Grain Thrips, Thunder Fly)

Interactions where Limothrips cerealium is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
female female feeds on live ear UK/Ireland POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Limothrips cerealium/Limothrips cerealiumthunder bug, grain thrips, thunder flyfemale Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchliveear (6-8)
female female feeds on live leaf UK/Ireland POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Limothrips cerealium/Limothrips cerealiumthunder bug, grain thrips, thunder flyfemale Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchliveleaf (1-12)
larva larva feeds on live leaf UK/Ireland POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Limothrips cerealium/Limothrips cerealiumthunder bug, grain thrips, thunder flylarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchliveleaf (5-10)
male male feeds on live ear UK/Ireland POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Limothrips cerealium/Limothrips cerealiumthunder bug, grain thrips, thunder flymale Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couchliveear (6-9)
adult adult feeds on live ear UK/IrelandMajor Triticum aestivum Bread Wheat Poales: Poaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Limothrips cerealium/Limothrips cerealiumthunder bug, grain thrips, thunder flyadult Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Triticum aestivum/Triticum aestivumbread wheatliveearMajor (6-8)
larva larva feeds on live leaf UK/IrelandMajor Triticum aestivum Bread Wheat Poales: Poaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Limothrips cerealium/Limothrips cerealiumthunder bug, grain thrips, thunder flylarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Triticum aestivum/Triticum aestivumbread wheatliveleafMajor (5-10)
female female feeds on live ear UK/Ireland [Cereals] cereals Poales: Poaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Limothrips cerealium/Limothrips cerealiumthunder bug, grain thrips, thunder flyfemale Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cereals/Cerealscerealsliveear (6-8)
female female feeds on live leaf UK/Ireland [Cereals] cereals Poales: Poaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Limothrips cerealium/Limothrips cerealiumthunder bug, grain thrips, thunder flyfemale Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cereals/Cerealscerealsliveleaf (1-12)
larva larva feeds on live leaf UK/Ireland [Cereals] cereals Poales: Poaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Limothrips cerealium/Limothrips cerealiumthunder bug, grain thrips, thunder flylarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cereals/Cerealscerealsliveleaf (5-6)
male male feeds on live ear UK/Ireland [Cereals] cereals Poales: Poaceae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Limothrips cerealium/Limothrips cerealiumthunder bug, grain thrips, thunder flymale Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cereals/Cerealscerealsliveear (6-9)

Author & YearTitleSource
Kirk, W.D.J., 1996ThripsNaturalists' Handbooks, 25, 70pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976ThysanopteraHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Limothrips cerealium (Thunder Bug, Grain Thrips, Thunder Fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Limothrips cerealium (Thunder Bug, Grain Thrips, Thunder Fly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLimothrips cerealium (Thunder Bug, Grain Thrips, Thunder Fly)
GenusLimothrips (a genus of thrips)
FamilyTHRIPIDAE (a family of thrips)
OrderTHYSANOPTERA (thrips)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Limothrips cerealium (Thunder Bug, Grain Thrips, Thunder Fly)

Limothrips cerealium (Thunder Bug, Grain Thrips, Thunder Fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Limothrips cerealium (Thunder Bug, Grain Thrips, Thunder Fly):

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