Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab

Arthropod Samples in February 2012

Warehouse Beetle (Dermestidae)

Scientific Name: Trogoderma variabile

warehouse beetle larvae

warehouse beetle

Photo(s): Warehouse beetle larvae, Jared Kunz, Utah State University. Adult beetle, Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org.

Type: Pantry pest

Situation: Found in Trailer

County: Washington

Fact Sheets: University of California IPM; Colorado State University


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

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