Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab
Arthropod Samples in September 2012
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
Pinyon Ips (Curculionidae)
Scientific Name: Ips confusus
Photo(s): William Ciesla, Forest Health Management International, Bugwood.org; USDA Forest Service Ogden Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org; Darren Blackford, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org; Tia Smith, Bugwood.org
Type: Tree pest
Situation: On pinyon pine
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: USDA Forest Service; University of Arizona
Banded Orb Weaver (Araneidae)
Scientific Name: Argiope trifasciata
Photo(s): David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org; Dani Barchana, Bugwood.org; Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Type: Beneficial, not harmful to humans
Situation: In house
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Utah State University
Carpenterworm Moth Larva (Cossidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): James Solomon, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org; William Hoffard, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org; USDA Forest Service Ogden Archive, Bugwood.org; Bob Hammon, Bugwood.org
Type: Boring tree pest
Situation: In globe willow tree
County: Box Elder
Fact Sheets: University of California IPM; Colorado State University
Flathead Woodborer (Buprestidae)
Scientific Name: na
Photo(s): Immature borer, James Solomon, USDA Forest Service; (Bottom) Mature borer, Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org
Type: Ornamental and Fruit Tree Pest
Situation: Italian Cypress
County: Washington
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University; Forest Service
Western Conenose Bug "Kissing Bug" (Reduviidae)
Scientific Name: Triatoma protracta
Photo(s): Joel Smith Utah State University
Type: Blood Sucking Pest
Situation: In Home
County: Grand
Fact Sheets: UC Davis
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
Black Carpet Beetle (Dermestidae)
Scientific Name: Attagenus unicolor
Photo(s): Black carpet beetle, adult (top) and larvae (bot) Clemson University USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series.
Type: Household pest
Situation: Found in home
County: Davis
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University; University of California IPM
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
Spider Wasp (Pompillidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Howard Ensign Evans, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Type: Spider Parasitoid
Situation: On Bartlett Pear
County: Millard
Fact Sheets: None
Scorpion (Vaejovidae)
Scientific Name: Paruroctonus sp.
Photo(s): Samuel Abbott, Utah State University
Type: Non-medical (Not poisonous)
Situation: In home
County: Utah
Fact Sheets: Utah State University
Huntsman Spider (Sparassidae)
Scientific Name: Heteropoda sp.
Photo(s): Edward L. Manigault, Clemson University Donated Collection, Bugwood.org
Type: Beneficial/ Biting
Situation: In home
County: Sevier
Fact Sheets: Utah State University Extension
Dried Fruit Beetle (Nitidulidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Mohammed El Damir, Pest Management, Bugwood.org
Type: Rottan Fruit Diet
Situation: On Pomegrante
County: Washington
Fact Sheets: Purdue University; UC Davis