Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab

Arthropod Samples in May 2013

Bed Bug (Cimicidae)

Scientific Name: Cimex lectularius

bed bug

Photo(s): Adult bed bug, Gary Alpert, Harvard University, Bugwood.org;

Type: Biting/Medical

Situation: In home

County: Cache

Fact Sheets: Utah State University Extension; Utah State University (For Pest Control Professionals); National Center for Healthy Housing


Juniper Budworm Moth (Tortricidae)

Scientific Name: Cudonigera houstonana

juniper budworm moth

Photo(s): Ronald F. Billings, Texas Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Type: Tree pest

Situation: Found on Juniper

County: Box Elder

Fact Sheets: Texas Forest Service


Stink Bug (Pentatomidae)

Scientific Name: Holcostethus sp.

stink bug

Photo(s): Adult Holcostethus sp, Jared Kunz, Utah State University.

Type: Plant pest

Situation: In garden

County: Carbon

Fact Sheets: Utah State University Newsletter; Utah State University; University of California IPM


Flour Beetle (Tenebrionidae)

Scientific Name: Tribolium sp

flour beetle

flour beetle

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


Delusions of Infestation

Scientific Name: N/A

delusitory parasitosis

delusitory parasitosis

delusitory parasitosis

Photo(s): Typical sample submitted by DI sufferer, Ryan Davis, Utah State University; Samuel Abbott, Utah State University.

Type: Medical. Perceived pest bites and infection when none are present.

Situation: In Home

County: SLC

Fact Sheets: Utah State University Extension


Thrips (Thysanoptera)

Scientific Name: N/A

thrips damage

thrips damage

thrips damage

thrips damage

thrips damage

thrips damage

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


Carpenter Ant (Formicidae)

Scientific Name: Camponotus sayi

carpenter ant

carpenter ant

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


Clover Mites (Tetranychidae)

Scientific Name: Bryobia Praetiosa

clover mites

clover mites

clover mites

clover mites

Photo(s): Rayanne Lehman, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.

Type: Plant pest

Situation: N/A

County: Cache

Fact Sheets: Utah State University Extension; Colorado State University


No See-Ums (Ceratopogonidae)

Scientific Name: N/A

no see-um

no see-um

no see-um

Photo(s): Ed Schmidtmann, Purdue University; David Reed, Bugguide.net; Thomas Walton and Erica Suchman, American Society for Microbiology.

Type: Biting/Blood-Sucking

Situation: N/A

County: Cache

Fact Sheets: Purdue University; Colorado State University


Wolf Spider (Lyxosidae)

Scientific Name: N/A

wolf spider

wolf spider

wolf spider

Photo(s): Adult wolf spider carrying her young, Circumjacence, Wikipedia.org.(Middle) Characteristic eight eye pattern, Jared Kunz, Utah State University; Wolf spider, Eugene E. Nelson, Bugwood.org;

Type: Biting/Beneficial

Situation: Found in home

County: Wayne

Fact Sheets: University of California IPM; Colorado State University Extension


Pitch Mass Borer (Pyralidae)

Scientific Name: N/A

pitch mass borer

pitch mass borer

Photo(s): Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, bugwood.org.

Type: Tree pest

Situation: Found infesting a Ponderosa Pine

County: Salt Lake

Fact Sheets: U.S. Forestry Service; Colorado State University Extension


Leaf Hopper (Cicadellidae)

Scientific Name: N/A

leaf hopper

Photo(s): J.L Danet, INRA Centre de Recherches de Bordeaux, Bugwood.org

Type: Plant pest

Host: N/A

County: Salt Lake

Fact Sheets: Utah State University Extension; University of California IPM


Carpet Beetle (Dermestidae)

Scientific Name: Anthrenus sp.

carpet beetle

carpet beetle

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


Aphid (Aphidae)

Scientific Name: N/A

aphid

aphid

aphid

aphid

Photo(s): Adult aphid, David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org; Ryan Davis, Utah State University

Type: Fruit/ornamental plant pest

Situation: In yard

County: Box Elder

Fact Sheets: Utah State University(Alfalfa); Utah State University(Wheat); Colorado State University


Bark Beetle (Chrysomelidae)

Scientific Name: Ips hunteri

bark beetle

bark beetle

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


Cutworms (Noctuidae)

Scientific Name: N/A

cutworm

cutworm

cutworm

Photo(s): Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org; Seth Drury, Utah State University.

Type: Plant pest

Situation: Possible plant pest

County: Salt Lake

Fact Sheets: University of Maine; Penn State


Springtail (Collembola)

Scientific Name: N/A

springtail

springtail

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


Soft Scale (Coccidae)

Scientific Name: N/A

soft scale

Photo(s): Eugene E. Nelson, Bugwood.org

Type: Sucking Plant pest

Situation: Found on lime tree on campus

County: Cache

Fact Sheets: Utah State University Extension


Confused Flour Beetle (Dermestidae)

Scientific Name: Attagenus unicolor

black carpet beetle

Photo(s): Seth Drury, Utah State University; Clemson University, USDA Cooperative Extension, Bugwood.org.

Type: Produce pest

Situation: Found in farmers wheat product

County: Rock

Fact Sheets: University of Maine; Penn State University; Purdue University


Rocky Mountain Wood Tick (Ixodidae)

Scientific Name: Dermacentor andersoni

dog tick

dog tick

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


Wheat Curl Mite (Eriophyidae)

Scientific Name: Aceria tosichella

wheat curl mite

wheat curl mite

wheat curl mite

Photo(s): Marie Langham, South Dakota State University; Idaho University.

Type: Plant pest, vector of plant diseases

Situation: Found infesting farmers wheat

County: Cache

Fact Sheets: Colorado State University ExtensionKansas State University

*Links on the page are not intended as authoritative sources of management information. Established links allow users to view pictures of pests and find general biology and control information; for Utah-specific control recommendations please contact the Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab @ 435-797-2435. Pictures above are not always the exact species identified, but are representative photos of submitted samples.