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Internal plant fluids is what thrips eat.

Specifically, the insect in question (Thysanopteraorder) have piercing-sucking mouthparts. They puncture the surface of plant parts in order to "drink" internal, life-sustaining fluids. They particularly will attempt to drain a plant of cellular fluids and phloem sap.

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