Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab
Arthropod Samples in January 2014
Clover Mites (Tetranychidae)
Scientific Name: Bryobia Praetiosa
Photo(s): Rayanne Lehman, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.
Type: Plant pest
Situation: N/A
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Utah State University Extension; Colorado State University
Big-Horn Sheep Tick (Ixodidae)
Scientific Name: Dermacentor hunteri
Photo(s): Seth Drury, Utah State University.
Type: Animal exoparasite.
Situation: Found in field
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: Utah State University
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
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
Domestic House Spider (Agelenidae)
Scientific Name: Tegenaria domestica
Photo(s): Joseph Burger, Bugwood.org
Type: Not medically significant (poisonous)
Situation: Found in home
County: Cache
Fact Sheets:Penn State University; Colorado State University
Delusions of Infestation
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Typical sample submitted by DI sufferer, Ryan Davis, Utah State University; Samuel Abbott, Utah State University.
Type: Medical. Perceived pest bites and infection when none are present.
Situation: In Home
County: SLC
Fact Sheets: Utah State University Extension
Tomato Russet Mite (Eriophyidae)
Scientific Name: (Aculops lycopersici)
Photo(s): Jack Clark, UC Statewide IPM Project, University of California, ipm.ucdavis.edu
Type: Tomato pest
Situation: On tomato
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: University of California IPM
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
Blackhorned Pine Borer (Cerambycidae)
Scientific Name: Callidium antennatum
Photo(s): William M Ciesla, Forest Health Management International, Bugwood.org; Steven Valley, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org.
Type: Tree pest
Situation: N/A
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: University of California IPM; Utah State University