Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab

Arthropod Samples in November 2011

Bat Bugs (Cimicidae)

Scientific Name: Cimex pilosellus

bat bug

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

assassin bug

assassin bug

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

termite

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

cluster fly

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

spider mite

spider mite

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

moth

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.

stink bug

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

*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.