“…The flight heights of D. minowai adults were evaluated using commercially available colored sticky traps. Blue sticky traps were used because they have been shown to be effective in attracting various other thrips species [ 25 , 26 ]. Traps were hung on branches at various heights below (negative numbers) and above (positive numbers) the position of tender tea leaves at the top of the tea plant (−35, −30, −25, −20, −15, −10, −5, 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 35 cm from the position of tender tea leaves at the top of the tea plant canopy; Figure 2 a), and each trap was separated by a distance of at least 5 m. Five traps at each height (treatments) were placed randomly throughout organic tea plantations of Shaoxing Royal Tea Village Co., Ltd., from 2 May to 4 May 2022.…”