Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab
Arthropod Samples in November 2011
Bat Bugs (Cimicidae)
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
Assassin Bug (Reduviidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Joel Smith USU (top), Susan Ellis USDA APHIS PPQ (bottom)
Type: Insect Predator
Situation: In Home
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Utah State University
Subterranean Termite (Rhinotermitidae)
Scientific Name: Reticulitermes hesperus
Photo(s): Winged subterranean termite, Jared Kunz, Utah State University.
Type: Structural
Situation: Found in home
County: Box Elder
Fact Sheets: Utah State University Extension; University of Nebraska Lincoln
Cluster Fly (Calliphoridae)
Scientific Name: Pollenia rudis
Photo(s): Video and photos by Ryan Davis & Joel Smith, Utah State University.
Type: Parasitic
Situation: Earthworms
County: Carbon
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University Extension
Spruce Spider Mite (Tetranychidae)
Scientific Name: Oligonychus ununguis
Photo(s): Petr Kapitola, State Phytosanitary Institute, Bugwood.org; USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Archive, Bugwood.org
Type: Plant and tree pest
Situation: On blue spruce
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: Penn State University
Moth (Crambidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org
Type: Plant Pest
Situation: In Yard
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: bugguide
Stink Bug (Pentatomidae)
Scientific Name: Holcostethus sp.
Photo(s): Adult Holcostethus sp, Jared Kunz, Utah State University.
Type: Plant pest
Situation: In garden
County: Carbon
Fact Sheets: Utah State University Newsletter; Utah State University; University of California IPM