Catch of garden thrips, Frankliniella intonsa, on sticky traps was assessed by color and height in commercial plastic vinyl house strawberry crops grown on 40-㎝-high trellises. Yellow, blue and white sticky cards were tested for color attractiveness, and upper (50 ㎝), lower (10 ㎝ above the floor) and ground were for height. At each height, trapped thrips on yellow, blue and white were significantly different. Blue sticky cards were significantly greater than traps on yellow and white. The trapped thrips were also significantly greatest at 50 ㎝ above the floor, less at lower and ground. However, there is no significantly different the population of garden thrips on the flower in each tested site.

In order to effectively control the Ricania sp., we investigated the light response to adults and developed an adult capturing device using light with superior attractiveness. The preference among six light sources such as daylight color, green, etc. for the Ricania sp. adult was favored with daylight color 97 > black 79 = red 79 = blue 79 > green 24 > yellow 13. We have developed an adult catching device using the most preferred daylight colors and behavioral habits of the Ricania sp.. The capture device consisted of two daylight compact lamps (30W, 20W), a yellow plate, and a catcher using water, and caught about 700 individuals a day. The capturing device has a large amount of capturing because adult is activity at high nighttime temperatures, but the capturing amount decreased significantly when the temperature dropped below 23℃. More than 85% of the Ricania sp. adults were trapped for 3 hours from 19:00 to 23:00. Therefore, it is considered that the adult capturing device for the control of Ricania sp. is used from mid July to late August when the night temperature is over 23℃, and lights up from 19:00 to 23:00.