Joe,
Sounds more like whitefly than thrips. The little white dots are actually capsules. If you look closely they are shaped like tiny tic-tacs. Remove them with a mixture of water and alcohol 50/50, with a drop of liquid soap to about a shot glass of the water/alcohol mixture. Scrub the little varments off with a cotton swab. This will get rid of the capsules, but the adults, which appear as small white flies, are lurching in the potting mix, where they go to mate and produce an additional generation of little white capsules! This happens on about a ten day cycle, so they can quickly decimate your N. 'Ile de France'. This is where a Nepenthes friendly insecticide is useful. Like Tom suggested, Orthene is very good, and may require repeated spraying about two weeks apart. Also, Malathion 50 as a wettable powder is also an effective topical spray. Unfortunately, they both smell horrible. Once the whitefly is seemingly eradicated, you can use Neem Oil as a preventative, but alone, it's not enough to stop the pests.
Whitefly has a strange preference for a certain plant, and will encrust it if left alone, never touching the plant next to it.
Good luck!
Trent