Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab
Arthropod Samples in November 2012
Plaster Beetle (Latridinae)
Scientific Name: Dienerella sp.
Photo(s): Joel Smith, Utah State University.
Type: Structural Pest/ Fungus Beetle
Situation: In home
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: Ohio State
Grass Spider (Agelenidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Samuel Abbott, Utah State University
Type: Non-medical, Beneficial
Situation: Found in home
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: University of Kentucky; Penn State; bugguide images
Crevice Weaving Spider (Filistatidae)
Scientific Name: Kukulcania sp
Photo(s): Edward Manigault, Clemson University Donated Collection, Bugwood.org; Sturgis McKeever, Georgia Southern University, Bugwood.org
Type: Beneficial
Situation: In home
County: Lincoln (NV)
Fact Sheets: University of Florida
Crab Spider (Thomisidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Crab Spider, Joel Smith, Utah State University; David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood; Edward Manigault, Clemson University, Bugwood.
Type: Non-medical, Beneficial
Situation: In home
County: N/A
Fact Sheets: University of Florida
Blow Fly (Calliphoridae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Joel Smith, Utah State University.
Type: Parasite
Situation: In home
County: Summit
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University; University of Nebraska Lincoln
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
Chinch Bug (Blissidae)
Scientific Name: Blissus sp
Photo(s): Samuel Abbott & Joel Smith, Utah State University
Type: Forage and field
Situation: On lawn
County: Davis
Fact Sheets: Penn State University; Ohio State University