Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab
Arthropod Samples in March 2011
Bed Bug (Cimicidae)
Scientific Name: Cimex lectularius
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
Spruce Ips: (Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
Scientific Name: Ips pillifrons
Photo(s): Ladd Livingston, Idaho Department of Land, Bugwood.org; Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Type: Landscape ornamental pest
Situation: In Norway spruce
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University; University of California IPM
Root Weevil: (Curculionidae)
Scientific Name: Otiorhynchus spp.
Photo(s): Rocky Mountain Weevil larvae, Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org.
Type: Fruit/ornamental pest
Situation: In home
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University; University of California IPM
Delusions of Infestation
Scientific Name: N/A
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
Fowl Mite: (Macronyssidae)
Scientific Name: Ornithonyssus spp.
Photo(s): Female tropical fowl mite, Marcelo de Campos Pereira, Univ. of Sao Paulo.
Type: Biting/household/medical
Situation: In Home
County: Washington
Fact Sheets: North Carolina State University Extension; Cornell University
Hunting Billbug: (Curculionidae)
Scientific Name: Sphenophorus venatus
Photo(s): Rocky mountain weevil adult (Sphenophorus cicatristriatus), Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org; Rocky Mountain Weevil larvae (looks similar to hunting billbug larva), Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org.
Type: Turfgrass
Situation: Turfgrass
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: Utah State Unversity Extension; Colorado State University
Humpbacked Fly: (Phoridae)
Scientific Name: Dohrniphora spp.
Photo(s): Adult humpbacked fly, Susan Ellis, Bugwood.org.
Type: Nuisance
Situation: In manufacturing plant
County: Idaho
Fact Sheets: University of Florida; Illinois Dept. of Public Health
Wolf Spider (Lyxosidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
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
Indian Meal Moth (Pyralidae)
Scientific Name: Plodia interpunctella
Photo(s): Clemson University, USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org;
Type: Stored food products pests
Situation: In home
County: Salt Lake, Cache
Fact Sheets: Utah State University
Case-Making Clothes Moth: (Tineidae)
Scientific Name: Tinea pellionella
Photo(s): (top) Casemaking clothes moth case and pupal skin; (bottom) adult casemaking clothes moth.
Type: Clothes pest
Situation: Taxidermy mounts
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: University of Kentucky; University of California IPM
Cat-Faced Spider (Araneidae)
Scientific Name: Araneus gemmoides
Photo(s): Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org; Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Type: Beneficial, not harmful to humans
Situation: In house
County: Davis
Fact Sheets: Utah State University