Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab
Arthropod Samples in October 2011
Odorus House Ant (Formicidae)
Scientific Name: Tampinoma sessile
Photo(s): Joel Smith, Utah State University.
Type: Nuisance
Situation: Found in Home
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: University of Nebraska Lincoln; Colorado State University Extension
Checkered Beetle (Cleridae)
Scientific Name: Necrobia rufipes
Photo(s): Joel Smith, Utah State University.
Type: Beneficial- Feed on other beetles and beetle larvae
Situation: Found by extension agent
County: Box Elder
Fact Sheets: University of Nebraska Lincoln; Colorado State University Extension
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
Lady Beetle (Coccinellidae)
Scientific Name: Stethorus punctum
Photo(s): Spider mite destroyer lady beetle, Jared Kunz, Utah State University.
Type: Beneficial, Spider Mite Destroyer
Situation: Found on apple tree with aphids
County: Davis
Fact Sheets: North Carolina State University Extension
Spruce Ips: (Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
Scientific Name: Ips pillifrons
Photo(s): Ladd Livingston, Idaho Department of Land, Bugwood.org; Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Type: Landscape ornamental pest
Situation: In Norway spruce
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University; University of California IPM
Black Widow (Theridiidae)
Scientific Name: Latrodectus hesperus
Photo(s): Joel Smith, Utah State University (Left 2: Juvenile female, Right 2: Male); (Far Right) Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Type: Biting, medical concern; Benificial
Situation: In home
County: Washington
Fact Sheets: Peter J. Bryant; University of california IPM; Virginia Tech University
Flathead Woodborer (Buprestidae)
Scientific Name: na
Photo(s): Immature borer, James Solomon, USDA Forest Service; (Bottom) Mature borer, Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org
Type: Ornamental and Fruit Tree Pest
Situation: Italian Cypress
County: Washington
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University; Forest Service
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
Hobo Spider (Agelenidae)
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
Blister Mites (Eriophyidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Damage from blister mites, Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org; Two photos: Mites on Apple leaf, Ryan Davis, Utah State University
Type: Fruit and Leaf-damaging pest
Situation: On Pear
County: Washington
Fact Sheets: Utah State University Extension
San Jose Scale (Diaspididae)
Scientific Name: Quadraspidiotus perniciosus
Photo(s): (2 images) United States National Collection of Scale Insects Photographs Archive, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org; E Nelson, Bugwood.org
Type: Fruit Tree Pest
Situation: On apple
County: Weber
Fact Sheets: Utah State University; University of California IPM
Saprophytic Hoverfly Larva (Syrphidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Hover fly larvae (with prey) Merle Shepard, Gerald R.Carner, and P.A.C Ooi, Insects and their Natural Enemies Associated with Vegetables and Soybean in Southeast Asia, Bugwood.org
Type: Fruit Tree Pest
Situation: On Field Corn
County: Uintah
Fact Sheets: bugguide
Inchworm (Geometridae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Eric Coombs, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org
Type: Fruit Tree Pest
Situation: On Field Corn
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: bugguide
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
Aphid (Aphidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Adult aphid, David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org; Ryan Davis, Utah State University
Type: Fruit/ornamental plant pest
Situation: In yard
County: Box Elder
Fact Sheets: Utah State University(Alfalfa); Utah State University(Wheat); Colorado State University