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Old 12-05-2012, 11:49 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Mangetout+pea woes

kay wrote:
There was a green insect that hopped out then. It was similar to a
springtail but much much bigger, and it jumped like it was in the
Olympics
when I tried to get it.
Is this my pea chewer?

That sounds like a thrip.


Does it? I thought thrips were tiny and black, not big and green!