First Detector Pest List

Fruit Pests

Established

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Spotted Wing Drosophila Spotted Wing Drosophila

Plum Curculio Plum Curculio

Apple MaggotApple Maggot

Pear Fruit Sawfly Pear Fruit Sawfly

Brown Rot Brown Rot

Not Established In Utah

European Cherry Fruit Fly European Cherry Fruit Fly

Japanese Beetle Japanese Beetle *

Spotted Lanternfly Spotted Lanternfly

Small Hive Beetle Small Hive Beetle

Plum Pox Plum Pox

Little Cherry Disease Little Cherry Disease

Landscape Tree Pests

Established

Balsam Woolly Adelgid Balsam Woolly Adelgid

Elm Bark Beetle Elm Bark Beetle

Velvet Longhorned Beetle Velvet Longhorned Beetle

Thousand CankersThousand Cankers

Bacterial Leaf Scorch Bacterial Leaf Scorch

Dutch Elm Disease Dutch Elm Disease
Rose Rosette Disease Rose Rosette Disease

Not Established in Utah

Asian Longhorned Beetle Asian Longhorned Beetle

Emerald Ash Borer Emerald Ash Borer

Spongy Moth Spongy Moth

Red Oak BorerRed Oak Borer

Pine Wilt Disease Pine Wilt Disease

Sooty Bark Disease Sooty Bark Disease
Downy Mildew Downy Mildew

Nuisance and Human Health Pests

Established

Red Firebug Red Firebug

Elm Seed Bug Elm Seed Bug

European Paper Wasp European Paper Wasp

Multicolored Asian Lady BeetleMulticolored Asian Lady Beetle

Not Established in Utah

Red Imported Fire Ants Red Imported Fire Ants

 

*As of 2024, the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food is working to eradicate Japanese beetle where it occurs in Utah.

Image Credits
Apple Maggot - Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org
Asian Longhorned Beetle - Invasive Species Centre
Bacterial Leaf Scorch - Penn State Dpt. of Plant Pathology & Environmental Microbiology Archives , PSU, Bugwood.org
Balsam Woolly Adelgid - Marion Murray, Utah State University
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug - Mohammed El Damir, Bugwood.org
Brown Rot - Rebecca A. Melanson, Mississippi State University Extension, Bugwood.org
Downy Mildew - Tom Creswell, Purdue University, Bugwood.org
Dutch Elm Disease - Roland J. Stipes, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org
Elm Bark Beetle - Joseph Benzel, Screening Aids, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org
Elm Seed Bug - Ward Strong, BC Ministry of Forests, Bugwood.org
Emerald Ash Borer - Debbie Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
European Cherry Fruit Fly - Alison Morris, Bugwood.org
European Paper Wasp - Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Japanese Beetle - David Cappaert, Bugwood.org
Little Cherry Disease - Orhcard People
Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle - Gyorgy Csoka, Hungary Forest Research Institute, Bugwood.org
Pear Fruit Sawfly - Marion Murray, Utah State University
Pine Wilt Disease -  Penn State Dpt. of Plant Pathology & Environmental Microbiology Archives , PSU, Bugwood.org
Plum Curculio - Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series , Bugwood.org
Plum Pox - Biologische Bundesanstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Bugwood.org
Red Firebug - Andre Karwath, Wikimedia Commons
Red Imported Fire Ants - Stephen Ausmus, Wikimedia Commons
Red Oak Borer - Herbert A. 'Joe' Pase III, Texas A&M Forest Service, Bugwood.org
Rose Rosette Disease - Jennifer Olson, Oklahoma State University, Bugwood.org
Small Hive Beetle - Jessica Louque, Smithers Viscient, Bugwood.org
Sooty Bark Disease -  Vincent Gaucet, Bugwood.org
Spongy Moth - Jim Occi, BugPics, Bugwood.org
Spotted Lanternfly - Ansel Oommen, Bugwood.org
Spotted Wing Drosophila - Hannah Burrack, North Carolina State University, Bugwood.org
Thousand Cankers - Ned Tisserat, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Velvet Longhorned Beetle - Hanna Royals, Screening Aids, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org
White Pine Blister Rust - H.J. Larsen, Bugwood.org