Thysanoptera

Your insect is probably a thrip

 

Fact file

Order: Thysanoptera
Body length: 0.5 - 12mm
Species: World - 4500, UK - 159

These insects, often called thunderflies or thunderbugs, feed on plant juices from leaves or young shoots of trees and shrubs.

 

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illustration thysanoptera