Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab
Arthropod Samples in June 2010
Rocky Mountain Wood Tick (Ixodidae)
Scientific Name: Dermacentor andersoni
Photo(s): Samuel Abbott, Utah State University
Type: Feeds on humans, dogs, other mammals
Situation: Found on human
County: Carbon
Fact Sheets: Utah State University, Lyme Disease Tick Survey; Colorado State University Extension
Earwig
Scientific Name: Dermaptera (Order)
Photo(s): Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Type: Plant pest
Situation: On Bean
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Utah State University
Spinach Leaf Miner
Scientific Name: Pegomya hyoscyami
Photo(s): Gyorgy Csoka, Hungary Forest Research Institute, Bugwood.org, (Far Right) Plant Protection Service Archive, Plant Protection Service, Bugwood.org
Type: Fly
Situation: On Spinach
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Utah State University; Colorado State University
Cabbage Looper (Noctuidae)
Scientific Name: Trichoplusia sp.
Photo(s): Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org, Keith Naylor, Bugwood
Type: Plant pest
Situation: On Cabbage
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Utah State University; Colorado State University Extension
Wolf Spider (Lyxosidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Adult wolf spider carrying her young, Circumjacence, Wikipedia.org.(Middle) Characteristic eight eye pattern, Jared Kunz, Utah State University; Wolf spider, Eugene E. Nelson, Bugwood.org;
Type: Biting/Beneficial
Situation: Found in home
County: Wayne
Fact Sheets: University of California IPM; Colorado State University Extension
Striped Cucumber Beetle (Coccinellidae)
Scientific Name: Aclymma trivittatum
Photo(s): Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Type: Cucumber and watermelon pest
Situation: In Garden
County: Grand
Fact Sheets: Utah State University, Lyme Disease Tick Survey
Drywood Termite (kalotermitidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Mohammed El Damir, Pest Management, Bugwood.org
Type: Structural pest.
Situation: In House
County: Washigton
Fact Sheets: Utah State University, Lyme Disease Tick Survey; UC IPM Drywood Termites
Subterranean Termite (Rhinotermitidae)
Scientific Name: Reticulitermes hesperus
Photo(s): Winged subterranean termite, Jared Kunz, Utah State University.
Type: Structural
Situation: Found in home
County: Davis
Fact Sheets: Utah State University Extension; University of Nebraska Lincoln
Plant Bug (Miridae)
Scientific Name: Plagiognathus sp.
Photo(s): Adult sycamore plant bug, Marion Murray, Utah State University.
Type: Landscape ornamentals
Situation: On Honey Locust
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Utah State University Pest Advisory Article
White-lined Sphinx Moth Caterpillar (Sphingidae)
Scientific Name: Hyles lineata
Photo(s): Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Type: Hornworm plant pest
Situation: On Ground
County: Millard
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University
Pavement Ant (Formicidae)
Scientific Name: Tetramorium caespitum
Photo(s): Samuel Abbott, Utah State University
Type: Nuisance
Situation: Found in home
County: Cache
Fact Sheets:Penn State University; University of California IPM; Image at Antweb.org
Cooley's Spruce Gall (Adelgidae)
Scientific Name: Adelges cooleyi
Photo(s): Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Type: Ornamental pest
Situation: On Blue Spruce
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Utah State University; Colorado State University Extension
Green Dock Beetle (Chrysomelidae)
Scientific Name: Gastrophysa viridula
Photo(s): Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Type: Nuisance
Situation: On Curly Dock
County: Sevier
Fact Sheets: University of Minnesota; Colorado State University Extension; UC Davis
Camel Spider (Solifugae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Sturgis McKeever, Georgia Southern University, Bugwood.org, Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org, Eugene E. Nelson, Bugwood.org
Type: Predator
Situation: In Home
County: Iron
Fact Sheets: solpugid.com
Seed Bug (Lygaeidae)
Scientific Name: Xyonysius sp.
Photo(s): Joel Smith USU
Type:plant pest- feeds on seeds, dry fruit, and other plant juices
Situation: Found on Field (pepper cucurbits)
County: Grand
Fact Sheets:University of Kentucky
Pine Sawfly (Diprionidae)
Scientific Name: Xyonysius sp.
Photo(s): Gerald J. Lenhard, Louiana State Univ, Bugwood.org
Type:Wasp Larvae
Situation: On Scotch Pine
County: Various
Fact Sheets:University of Kentucky; USU Pine Sawfly
Black Carpet Beetle (Dermestidae)
Scientific Name: Attagenus unicolor
Photo(s): Black carpet beetle, adult (top) and larvae (bot) Clemson University USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series.
Type: Household pest
Situation: Found in home
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University; University of California IPM