Arthropod (insects, spiders, mites, etc.) samples diagnosed by the Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab in June 2010
- Delusory Parasitosis
- Carpet Beetle
- Bed Bug
- German Cockroach
- Cedar Tree Borer
- Domestic House Spider
- Hobo Spider
- Yellow Sac Spider
- Pavement Ant
- Water Scavenger Beetle
- Bat Bug
- Soft Tick
- Yucca Weevil
- Black Pine-leaf Scale
- Darkling Beetle
- Warehouse Beetle
- Two-Spotted Stink Bug
- Giant Water Bug
- Woolly Apple Aphid
- Banded Ash Borer
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Scientific Name: N/A
Utah State University Extension
Scientific Name: Anthrenus sp.
Photo(s): Black carpet beetle adult and larvae, Clemson University, USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org;
Carpet beetle larva and shed skin, Jared Kunz, Utah State University.
Type: Stored food, structural.
Situation: In Home
County: Cache
Fact Sheets:
University of Florida; Penn State; University of California IPM
Scientific Name: Cimex lectularius.
Photo(s): Adult bed bug, Gary Alpert, Harvard University, Bugwood.org;
Type: Biting/Medical
Situation: In home
County: Cache
Fact Sheets:
Utah State University Extension; Utah State University (For Pest Control Professionals); National Center for Healthy Housing
Scientific Name: Blatella germanica
Photo(s): Clemson University, USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series; Gary Alpert, Harvard University, Bugwood.org
Type: Food and Food Product Pest, possible carrier of pathogens
Situation: Found in Garbage
County: Cache
Fact Sheets:
University of Florida; University of Nebraska Lincoln;
Scientific Name: Semanotus sp.
Photo(s): Randy Cyr, Greentree, Bugwood.org; Samuel Abbott, Utah State University; Gerald Lenhard, Louisiana State University, Bugwood.org; Bob Oakes, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
Type: Wood boring tree pest
Situation: In firewood
County: Nevada
Fact Sheets:
Colorado State University;
Scientific Name: Tegenaria agrestis
Photo(s): Video and photos by Ryan Davis, Utah State University.
Type: Biting/Beneficial
Host: Various insects
County: Cache
Fact Sheets:
Utah State University Extension
Scientific Name: Cheriacanthium sp.
Photo(s): David Berger, Bugwood.org
Type: Beneficial/biting
Situation: In home
County: Cache
Fact Sheets:
Utah State University Extension; University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Scientific Name: Tetramorium sp.
Photo(s): Samuel Abbott, Utah State University
Type: Nuisance
Situation: In home
County: Cache
Fact Sheets:
Penn State University; University of California IPM; Images at Antweb.org
Scientific Name: Tropisternus sp.
Photo(s): Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org
Type: Predator beneficial
Situation: In water
County: Cache
Fact Sheets:
Encyclopedia.com
Scientific Name: Cimex pilosellus
Photo(s): Susan Ellis USDA APHIS PPQ
Type: Ecto-parasite of bats
Situation: In Home
County: Colorado
Fact Sheets:
Colorado State University Extension
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): OTOBIUS MEGNINI Mat Pound, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org
Type: Human/Fowl pest
Situation: N/A
County: Colorado
Fact Sheets:
Colorado State University
Scientific Name: Scyphophorus yuccae
Photo(s):Jennifer C. Giron Duque, University of Puerto Rico, Bugwood.org.jpg
Type: Plant pest
Situation: On Yucca
County: Grand
Fact Sheets:
University of Arizona
Black Pineleaf Scale (Diaspididae)
Scientific Name: Nuculaspis claifornica
Photo(s): Black pineleaf scale, Jared Kunz, Utah State University.
Type: Pine Pest
Situation: On pine tree
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets:
Utah State University (Utah Pests Newsletter); Oregon Department of Forestry; University of Minnesota
Darkling Beetle (Tenebrionidae)
Scientific Name: Eupsophulus sp.
Photo(s): Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Type: Beneficial
Situation: In Building
County: Cache
Fact Sheets:
Utah State University
Warehouse Beetle (Dermestidae)
Scientific Name: Trogoderma variabile
Photo(s): Warehouse beetle larvae, Jared Kunz, Utah State University. Adult beetle, Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org.
Type: Pantry pest
Situation: Found in Trailer
County: Washington
Fact Sheets:
University of California IPM; Colorado State University
Two-Spotted Stink Bug (Pentatomidae)
Scientific Name: Perillus bioculatus
Photo(s): Kevin D. Arvin, Bugwood.org
Oregon State University
Giant Water Bug (Belostomatidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Edward L. Manigault, Clemson University Donated Collection, Bugwood.org
Type: Aquatic
Situation: In Home
County: Cache
Fact Sheets:
University of Florida
Woolly Apple Aphids (Aphididae)
Scientific Name: Eriosma lanigerum
Photo(s): University of Georgia Plant Pathology Archive, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org,, University of Georgia Plant Pathology Archive, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
Type: Fruit trees
Situation: Apple trees
County: Sanpete
Fact Sheets:
Utah State University, Colorado State University
Banded Ash Borer (Cerambycidae)
Scientific Name: Neoclytus caprea
Photo(s): James Solomon, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org
Type: Ornamental pest
Situation: In Trap
County: Cache
Fact Sheets:
Utah State University,
*Links on the page are not intended as authoritative sources of management information. Established links allow users to view pictures of pests and find general biology and control information; for Utah-specific control recommendations please contact the Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab @ 435-797-2435. Pictures above are not always the exact species identified, but are representative photos of submitted samples.