Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab
Arthropod Samples in May 2013
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
Juniper Budworm Moth (Tortricidae)
Scientific Name: Cudonigera houstonana
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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