Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab
Arthropod Samples in May 2014
American Cockroach (Blattidae)
Scientific Name: Periplaneta americana
Photo(s): Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org
Type: Scavenger
Situation: In home
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Utah State University
Flour Beetle (Tenebrionidae)
Scientific Name: Tribolium sp
Photo(s): Ryan Davis, Utah State University
Type: Stored grain and food pests (not typically considered hive pests)
Situation: Found in beehive
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: University of Florida; Penn State
Swallow Bug (Cimicidae)
Scientific Name: Oeciacus vicarius
Photo(s): Ryan Davis, Joel Smith Utah State University;
Type: Biting
Situation: Swallows, Swallow nests, bats
County: Summit
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University Extension
Pinyon Ips (Curculionidae)
Scientific Name: Ips confusus
Photo(s): William Ciesla, Forest Health Management International, Bugwood.org; USDA Forest Service Ogden Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org; Darren Blackford, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org; Tia Smith, Bugwood.org
Type: Tree pest
Situation: On pinyon pine
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: USDA Forest Service
False Black Widow (Theridiidae)
Scientific Name: Steatoda sp.
Photo(s): Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org
Type: Beneficial spider
Situation: Found near a home
County: Grand
Fact Sheets: Penn State University; Utah State University
Clover Root Curculio (Curculionidae)
Scientific Name: Sitona Hispidulus
Photo(s): Anyi Mazo-Vargas and Bob Hammon, Bugwood.org
Type: Plant pest
Situation: Found near a home
County: Utah
Fact Sheets: bugguide.net; University of Alberta
Alfalfa Stem Nematode (Anguinidae)
Scientific Name: Diptylenchus dispaci
Photo(s): Bruce Watt, Bugwood.org
Type: Plant pest
Situation: Found near a home
County: Utah
Fact Sheets: University of California
Cabbage Maggot (Anthomyiidae)
Scientific Name: Delia radicum
Photo(s): Magnus Gammelgaard
Type: Plant pest
Situation: Found in Cabbage
County: Utah
Fact Sheets: University of Massachusets; Royal Horticultural Society
Rocky Mountain Wood Tick (Ixodidae)
Scientific Name: Dermacentor andersoni
Photo(s): Samuel Abbott, Utah State University
Type: Feeds on humans, dogs, other mammals
Situation: Found on dog in Uintas
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University Extension
Carpet Beetle (Dermestidae)
Scientific Name: Anthrenus sp.
Photo(s): Black carpet beetle adult and larvae, Clemson University, USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org; Carpet beetle larva and shed skin, Jared Kunz, Utah State University.
Type: Stored food, structural.
Situation: In Home
County: Davis
Fact Sheets: University of Florida; Penn State; University of California IPM
Flea Beetle (Chrysomelidae)
Scientific Name: Altica sp.
Photo(s): Western Black Flea Beetle, Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org; Johnny Dell, insectimages.org.
Type: Landscape plant pest
Situation: On side of home
County: Beaver
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University; ATTRA(organic); University of Minnesota
Leeches
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Bruce Watt, Bugwood.org
Type: Plant pest
Situation: Found in household
County: Utah
Fact Sheets: biokids
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
Thrips (Thysanoptera)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Immature thrips and thrips damage and fecal spots on cucumber. Ryan Davis, Utah State University.
Type: Vegetable pest
Situation: On eggplant
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Utah State University; University of California IPM