Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab
Arthropod Samples in August 2014
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
Crane Fly (Tipulidae)
Scientific Name: Tipula spp
Photo(s): Edqrd Manigault, Bugwood.org.
Type: Plant pest
Situation: Found in field
County:
Fact Sheets: Study of Northern Virginia Ecology; University of California
Mosquito (Culcidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): James Gathany, CDC. Wikipedia Commons; Jim Occi, BugPics, Bugwood.org.
Type: Medically important insect
Situation: Found in product
County: Utah
Fact Sheets: Penn State
False Chinch Bug (Lygaeidae)
Scientific Name: Nysius raphanus
Photo(s): False chinch bug adult, Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org; Chinch bug nymphs and adults, Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org.
Type: Forage and field
Situation: In Home
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University
Leaf Hopper (Cicadellidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): J.L Danet, INRA Centre de Recherches de Bordeaux, Bugwood.org
Type: Plant pest
Host: N/A
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: Utah State University Extension; University of California IPM
Comb-Clawed Beetle (Alleculidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): David T. Almquist, University of Florida, Bugwood.org
Type: Secondary Pest, Feed on pollen, organic matter, fungi, decaying wood
Situation: In home
County: Box Elder, Washington
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University
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
Field Ant (Formicidae)
Scientific Name: Formica sp
Photo(s): Joel Smith, Utah State University; April Noble, Antweb.org
Type: Home pest
Situation: In house
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Utah State University; Colorado State University
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
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