Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab

Arthropod Samples in July 2014

Warehouse Beetle (Dermestidae)

Scientific Name: Trogoderma variabile

warehouse beetle larvae

warehouse beetle

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


Drywood Termite (kalotermitidae)

Scientific Name: N/A

drywood termite

Photo(s): Mohammed El Damir, Pest Management, Bugwood.org

Type: Structural pest.

Situation: In House

County: Washigton

Fact Sheets: Utah State University, Lyme Disease Tick Survey; UCIPM Drywood Termites


Field Ant (Formicidae)

Scientific Name: Formica sp

field ant

field ant

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


Hunting Billbug: (Curculionidae)

Scientific Name: Sphenophorus venatus

hunting billbug

hunting billbug

Photo(s): Rocky mountain weevil adult (Sphenophorus cicatristriatus), Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org; Rocky Mountain Weevil larvae (looks similar to hunting billbug larva), Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org.

Type: Turfgrass

Situation: Turfgrass

County: Salt Lake

Fact Sheets: Utah State Unversity Extension; Colorado State University


Sycamore Plant Bug (Miridae)

Scientific Name: Plagiognathus albatus

sycamore bug

Photo(s): Adult sycamore plant bug, Marion Murray, Utah State University.

Type: Landscape ornamentals

Situation: Sycamore

County: Salt Lake

Fact Sheets: Utah State University Advisories


Pavement Ant (Formicidae)

Scientific Name: Tetramorium caespitum

pavement ant

Photo(s): Samuel Abbott, Utah State University

Type: Nuisance

Situation: Found in home

County: Cache

Fact Sheets:Penn State University; University of California IPM; Image at Antweb.org


Spinach Leaf Miner

Scientific Name: Pegomya hyoscyami

leaf miner

leaf miner

leaf miner

Photo(s): Gyorgy Csoka, Hungary Forest Research Institute, Bugwood.org, (Far Right) Plant Protection Service Archive, Plant Protection Service, Bugwood.org

Type: Fly

Situation: On Spinach

County: Cache

Fact Sheets: Utah State University; Colorado State University


Sycamore Scale (Margarodidae)

Scientific Name: Stomacoccus platani

sycamore scale

Photo(s): United States National Collection of Scale Insects Photographs Archive, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org

Type: Piercing/Sucking pest

Situation: On Sycamore

County: Utah

Fact Sheets: None

*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.