Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab
Arthropod Samples in January 2015
Fly (Tachinidae)
Scientific Name: na
Photo(s): Adult Tachinidae fly, Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Type: Beneficial
Situation: In home
County: Utah
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University Extension; University of California IPM
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
Cobweb Spider (Theridiidae)
Scientific Name: Blissus sp.
Photo(s): Univ. of Wisconsin Dept. of Ent. Bugwood.org, Colorado State Univ. Whitney Cranshaw.
Type: Predator Beneficial
Situation: In Home
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: Fact Sheet Univ. CA Davis; Fact Sheet Virginia Tech; Images Univ. CA Irvine; Images Bugguide; Fact Sheet Penn State Univ.
Cluster Fly (Calliphoridae)
Scientific Name: Pollenia rudis
Photo(s): Video and photos by Ryan Davis & Joel Smith, Utah State University.
Type: Parasitic
Situation: Earthworms
County: Carbon
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University Extension
Delusory Parasitosis
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