The Thysanoptera Collection Ulitzka
My collection currently contains more than 550 different extant species from about 200 genera as well as 60 fossil taxa. Most of the extant thrips are from Europe and South America. Several come from various Asian countries, the United States, from New Zealand, Australia and some from southern and eastern parts of Africa. My collection is constantly growing and expanding.
I am always interested in an exchange of species. Feel free to contact me!
All adults of extant species are mounted on microscope slides in Canada balm; larvae are embedded in Hoyer’s mountant. All microscope slides are annotated with information about the species’ locality, the plants they where caught on or with further data.
Fossils (amber inclusions) are conserved for the main part in thin blocks of synthetic resin. Some Lophioneurida are also part of the fossil collection.
Dinothrips spinosus from Vietnam – one of the largest-sized species in my collection
Browse all species to find the available thrips in my collection. About 200 of them are linked with photos and with information on their biology and distribution.
Do not just collect those insects; watch them, and discover something about how they live! (Orwain W. Richards)