Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab

Arthropod Samples in July 2015

Seed Bug (Lygaeidae)

Scientific Name: Xyonysius sp.

seed bug

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

comb-clawed beetle

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

field ant

field ant

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

See photos here

Type: Beneficial

Situation: In home

County: Davis

Fact Sheets: University of California Riverside


Psyllid (Psyllidae)

Scientific Name: N/A

psyllid

psyllid

psyllid

psyllid

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.

darkling beetle

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

pavement ant

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

springtail

springtail

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

cicada

cicada

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

budgall mites

budgall mites

budgall mites

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

fly

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

case-making moth

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

dog tick

dog tick

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

*Links on the page are not intended as authoritative sources of management information. Established links allow users to view pictures of pests and find general biology and control information; for Utah-specific control recommendations please contact the Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab @ 435-797-2435. Pictures above are not always the exact species identified, but are representative photos of submitted samples.