The annual population peaks of Thrips palmi in waxgourd were at late April and May, early October and November. Due to the continuous rainfall at June to July, the population density of T. palmi is the lowest from July to September. Daily activity time of T. palmi is on morning and evening that more insects was found above the leaves. Under strong sunshine condition, the thrips hide inside the leaf pubescence. It is recommended that the most effective time of chemical spraying is on morning and evening. The results of using different colors of sticky plate for trapping T. palmi indicated that the white color sticky plate have the best trapping ability, followed by yellow sticky plate. The placement height for sticky plate at 0.5 meter above the ground have the best result, followed by the height of one meter and vertically hanging the plate have the best trapping efficacy.