Thrips

Found worldwide across various environments but primarily on plants, in flowers, and inside residential structures near windows or houseplants.

Suction feeders that consume plant cell contents (sap), fungal spores, or occasionally other small insects like mites.

Thrips are active crawlers known for jerky movements; they are capable of flight despite their tiny size. They often congregate in large numbers and can undergo rapid reproductive cycles in warm climates.

They are major agricultural pests that damage crops and transmit plant viruses. To humans, they are mostly a nuisance; they may occasionally 'bite' or pinch bare skin, causing minor irritation, but they do not suck blood or transmit human diseases.