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

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

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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			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 cerealium	thunder bug, grain thrips, thunder fly				female	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch		live	ear				(6-8)
female		female feeds on live leaf			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 cerealium	thunder bug, grain thrips, thunder fly				female	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch		live	leaf				(1-12)
larva		larva feeds on live leaf			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 cerealium	thunder bug, grain thrips, thunder fly				larva	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch		live	leaf				(5-10)
male		male feeds on live ear			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 cerealium	thunder bug, grain thrips, thunder fly				male	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/	Poaceae	grasses, couch		live	ear				(6-9)
adult		adult feeds on live ear			Triticum aestivum	Bread Wheat	Poales: Poaceae	Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Limothrips cerealium/	Limothrips cerealium	thunder bug, grain thrips, thunder fly				adult	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Triticum aestivum/	Triticum aestivum	bread wheat		live	ear		Major		(6-8)
larva		larva feeds on live leaf			Triticum aestivum	Bread Wheat	Poales: Poaceae	Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Limothrips cerealium/	Limothrips cerealium	thunder bug, grain thrips, thunder fly				larva	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Triticum aestivum/	Triticum aestivum	bread wheat		live	leaf		Major		(5-10)
female		female feeds on live ear			[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 cerealium	thunder bug, grain thrips, thunder fly				female	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cereals/	Cereals	cereals		live	ear				(6-8)
female		female feeds on live leaf			[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 cerealium	thunder bug, grain thrips, thunder fly				female	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cereals/	Cereals	cereals		live	leaf				(1-12)
larva		larva feeds on live leaf			[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 cerealium	thunder bug, grain thrips, thunder fly				larva	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cereals/	Cereals	cereals		live	leaf				(5-6)
male		male feeds on live ear			[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 cerealium	thunder bug, grain thrips, thunder fly				male	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cereals/	Cereals	cereals		live	ear				(6-9)

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

INSECTA
(true insects)

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

THYSANOPTERA
(thrips)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Limothrips cerealium (Thunder Bug, Grain Thrips, Thunder Fly)
Genus	Limothrips (a genus of thrips)
Family	THRIPIDAE (a family of thrips)
Order	THYSANOPTERA (thrips)
Division	Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Limothrips cerealium is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (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:

THYSANOPTERA
(thrips)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

THYSANOPTERA
(thrips)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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