Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab
Arthropod Samples in June 2013
Sycamore Scale (Margarodidae)
Scientific Name: Stomacoccus platani
Photo(s): United States National Collection of Scale Insects Photographs Archive, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org
Type: Piercing/Sucking pest
Situation: On Sycamore
County: Utah
Fact Sheets: None
Cigarette Beetle (Anobiidae)
Scientific Name: Galeruca sp.
Photo(s): Seth Drury, Utah State University.
Type: Product pest
Situation: Found in product
County: Maricopa
Fact Sheets: Penn State University
Leaf Beetle (Chrysomelidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Cottonwood leaf beetle larvae and adult, Lacy L. Hyche, Auburn University, Bugwood.org; Cottonwood leaf beetle larvae, Jared Kunz, Utah State University.
Type: Landscape ornamentals
Situation: On Tomatoes
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: New Mexico State University; Forest Pests
Fruit Fly (Drosophilidae)
Scientific Name: Drosophila sp.
Photo(s): Jack Dykinga, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org
Type: Fruit Pest
Situation: In trap
County: Weber
Fact Sheets: Penn State
Pavement Ant (Formicidae)
Scientific Name: Tetramorium caespitum
Photo(s): Samuel Abbott, Utah State University
Type: Nuisance
Situation: Found in home
County: Cache
Fact Sheets:Penn State University; University of California IPM; Image at Antweb.org
Springtail (Collembola)
Scientific Name: N/A
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
Sawtoothed Grain Beetle (Silvanidae)
Scientific Name: Oryzaephilus surinamensis
Photo(s): Clemson University, Bugwood.org; Seth Drury, Utah State University; Emilie Bess, Bugwood.org.
Type: Stored product pest
Situation: In home
County: Davis
Fact Sheets: Cornell University
Spruce Spider Mite (Tetranychidae)
Scientific Name: Oligonychus ununguis
Photo(s): Petr Kapitola, State Phytosanitary Institute, Bugwood.org; USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Archive, Bugwood.org
Type: Plant and tree pest
Situation: On blue spruce
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: Penn State University
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
Poplar Budgall Mites (Eriophyidae)
Scientific Name: Eriophyes parapopuli
Photo(s): Milan Zubrik, Forest Research Institute Slovakia, Bugwood.org; Eric Erbe USDA Agricultural Research Service,Bugwood.org.
Type: Plant and tree pests
Situation: Found infesting a Cottonwood Tree
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: Utah State University
Chinch Bug (Blissidae)
Scientific Name: Blissus sp
Photo(s): Samuel Abbott & Joel Smith, Utah State University
Type: Forage and field
Situation: On lawn
County: Davis
Fact Sheets: Penn State University; Ohio State University
Pine Sawfly (Diprionidae)
Scientific Name: Xyonysius sp.
Photo(s): Gerald J. Lenhard, Louiana State Univ, Bugwood.org
Type:Wasp Larvae
Situation: On Scotch Pine
County: Various
Fact Sheets:University of Kentucky
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
Bat Bugs (Cimicidae)
Scientific Name: Cimex pilosellus
Photo(s): Susan Ellis USDA APHIS PPQ
Type: Ecto-parasite of bats
Situation: In home
County: Colorado
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University Extension