Hi,

I have a feverfew plant that I let continue growing when I saw it show up in my raised vegetable garden bed at the beginning of the season.  A week or so ago I cut a bunch of the flowers and brought them indoors to put in a vase.  Then I started noticing dozens of these tiny bugs, so I brought the bunch back outside to avoid the bugs lingering in the house.  I took a snap of one of them on my counter (first image).  

A week or so went by and I investigated some of my other plants and found some more evidence on my veggies' leaves (second image) and a few of these bugs on the edge of the garden (third image).  I did some googling and I think these are thrips.

Can you confirm these look to be thrips?  If they are, what methods can I use to get rid of them?  If they are not thrips, what are they?

Likely unrelated, but I also recently tested my soil (at home, not a lab) for alkalinity and it appears to be highly alkaline (8.5++).  This would not be related I assume.  My soil is made up of a lot of added compost over the past 2-3 years, some coconut coir, perlite, and azomite with native soil below.