Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab
Arthropod Samples in July 2014
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
Drywood Termite (kalotermitidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
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
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
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
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
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
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
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