Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab
Arthropod Samples in July 2015
Seed Bug (Lygaeidae)
Scientific Name: Xyonysius sp.
Photo(s): Joel Smith USU
Type:plant pest- feeds on seeds, dry fruit, and other plant juices
Situation: Found on Field (pepper cucurbits)
County: Grand
Fact Sheets:University of Kentucky
Comb-Clawed Beetle (Alleculidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): David T. Almquist, University of Florida, Bugwood.org
Type: Secondary Pest, Feed on pollen, organic matter, fungi, decaying wood
Situation: In home
County: Box Elder, Washington
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University
Field Ant (Formicidae)
Scientific Name: Formica sp
Photo(s): Joel Smith, Utah State University; April Noble, Antweb.org
Type: Home pest
Situation: In house
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Utah State University; Colorado State University
Bethylid Wasp (Hymenoptera)
Scientific Name: N/A
Type: Beneficial
Situation: In home
County: Davis
Fact Sheets: University of California Riverside
Psyllid (Psyllidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, bugwood.org; Pest and Diseases Image Library, bugwood.org; Natasha Wright, Florida Department of Ag and Consumer Services, bugwood.org
Type: Plant pest
Situation: Found on potatoes
County: Box Elder
Fact Sheets: UC Davis; Colorado State University
Beetle (Tenebrionidae)
Scientific Name: Eupsophulus sp.
Photo(s): Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Type: Beneficial
Situation: In building
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Utah State University
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
Cicada (Cicadidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Adult periodical cicada, John H. Ghent, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org; Nymph periodical cicada, Tim Tigner, Virginia Department of Forestry,
Type: Ornamental pest
Situation: Found in home
County: Uintah
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University; University of California
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
Fly (Tachinidae)
Scientific Name: na
Photo(s): Adult Tachinidae fly, Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Type: Beneficial
Situation: In home
County: Utah
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University Extension; University of California IPM
Small Carpenter Bee (Apidae)
Scientific Name: Ceratina sp.
For photos click HERE
Photo(s): BugGuide
Type: Polinator
Situation: Found in home
County: Salt Lake
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
American Dog Tick (Ixodidae)
Scientific Name: Dermacentor variabilis
Photo(s): Samuel Abbott, Utah State University
Type: Feeds on humans, dogs, other mammals
Situation: Found on human
County: Carbon
Fact Sheets: Utah State University, Lyme Disease Tick Survey; Colorado State University Extension