Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab
Arthropod Samples in February 2015
Springtail (Collembola)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): (Left) Springtail with extended furcula, Jared Kunz, Utah State University; (Right) Springtails crawling through the soil, Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org.
Type: Tiny Nuisance
Situation: In home
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University; University of California IPM
Carpenter Ant (Formicidae)
Scientific Name: Camponotus sayi
Photo(s): New York Carpenter Ant, April Nobile, Antweb.org
Type: Structural pest
Situation: In home
County: Davis
Fact Sheets: Utah State University Extension; University of Nebraska Lincoln
German Cockroach (Blattellidae)
Scientific Name: Blatella germanica
Photo(s): Clemson University, USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series; Gary Alpert, Harvard University, Bugwood.org
Type: Food and Food Product Pest, possible carrier of pathogens
Situation: Found in Garbage
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: University of Florida; University of Nebraska Lincoln;