The Chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood, is a new invasive species that was detected in Florida and Texas in late 2005 and in Puerto Rico in early 2006. Potential losses have been estimated by USDA-APHIS to exceed 1 billion dollars. This pest could seriously disrupt IPM programs for vegetable, herb and ornamental production systems in greenhouses. We will present data on the use of Typhlodromips swirskii (Athias-Henriot) to manage this pest under greenhouse conditions and phytoseiid mite that was found feeding on populations of this thrips in a Florida landscape. T. swirskii appears to have the most potential because it is commercially available, has a broad range of hosts on which it feeds and the ability to reproduce while feeding on a diet of S. dorsalis