Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab
Arthropod Samples in July 2013
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
Blister Mites (Eriophyidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Damage from blister mites, Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org; Two photos: Mites on Apple leaf, Ryan Davis, Utah State University
Type: Fruit and Leaf-damaging pest
Situation: On Pear
County: Washington
Fact Sheets: Utah State University Extension
Predaceous Red Mite (Erythraeidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Gary Alpert, Harvard University, Bugwood.org; Seth Drury, Utah State University; Jim Occi, BugPics, Bugwood.org.
Type: Plant pest
Situation: Found in home
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: Cornell University; Oregon State University
Nocturnal Velvet Ant (Mutillidae)
Scientific Name: Odontophotopsis cassia
Photo(s): Johnny N. Dell, Bugwood.org
Type: Stinging pest, but not aggressive - parasitoid of ground-nesting bees
Situation: In Home
County: Davis
Fact Sheets: University of Nebraska Lincoln; University of Florida
Bark Beetle (Chrysomelidae)
Scientific Name: Ips hunteri
Photo(s): Joseph O'Brian, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org.jpg,
Type: Plant pest
Situation: On Blue Spruce
County: Idaho
Fact Sheets: Utah State University; Colorado State University Extension
Plant Bug (Miridae)
Scientific Name: Plagiognathus sp.
Photo(s): Adult sycamore plant bug, Marion Murray, Utah State University.
Type: Landscape ornamentals
Situation: On Honey Locust
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: None
Fishing Spider (Pisauridae)
Scientific Name: Dolomedes sp.
Photo(s): Gerald Lenhard, Louisiana State University, Bugwood.org; Sturgis Mckeever, Georgia Southern University, Bugwood.org
Type: Beneficial insect predator
Situation: Found under a bridge
County: Duchesne
Fact Sheets: Penn State; University of Arkansas
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
Tomato Russet Mite (Eriophyidae)
Scientific Name: (Aculops lycopersici)
Photo(s): Jack Clark, UC Statewide IPM Project, University of California, ipm.ucdavis.edu
Type: Tomato pest
Situation: On tomato
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: University of California IPM
Minute Pirate Bug (Anthocoridae)
Scientific Name: Orius tristicolor
Photo(s): Minute pirate bug nymph, Ryan Davis, Utah State University; Adult minute pirate bug feeding on an aphid, Bradley Higbee, Paramount Farming, Bugwood.org.
Type:Beneficial
Situation: Bark of ash tree
County: Washington
Fact Sheets:University of Missouri Extension
Masked Hunter (Reduviidae)
Scientific Name: Reduvius personatus
Photo(s): (1) & (2) Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org; (3) Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Type: Predatory Bugs, Biting insects, Beneficial
Host: Found in home
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Penn State University; Michigan State University
Caddisfly (Trichoptera)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Howard Ensign Evans, Colorado State University; Jessica Lawrence, Eurofins Agroscience Services, Bugwood.org.
Type: Beneficial insect
Host: Found near home
County: Wasatch
Fact Sheets: Texas A&M
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
Spider Mites (Tetranychidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Milan Zubrik, Forest Research Institute- Slovakia, Bugwood.org; John A. Weidhass, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org; Ryan Davis, Utah State University
Type: Plant Pest
Situation: In building entry way
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: Penn State University; Colorado State University