Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab
Arthropod Samples in June 2015
Lyctid Powderpost Beetle (Bostrichidae)
Scientific Name: Lyctus sp.
Photo(s): Ryan Davis USU
Type: Wood Borer
Situation: On dining table and cabinets
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: University of Kentucky; Penn State University; University of California IPM
White Pine Weevil (Curculionidae)
Scientific Name: Pissodes strobi
Photo(s): Samuel Abbott, Utah State University
Type: Boring, tree pest.
Situation: On spruce tree
County: Summit
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University Extension; University of Idaho
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
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
Chinch Bug (Blissidae)
Scientific Name: Blissus sp
Photo(s): Samuel Abbott & Joel Smith, Utah State University
Type: Forage and field
Situation: On lawn
County: Davis
Fact Sheets: Penn State University; Ohio State University
Flesh Fly (Sarcophagidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Johhny N. Dell, Bugwood.org
Type: Stored food, structural.
Situation: In house
County: Davis
Fact Sheets: Cornell University
Swallow Bug (Cimicidae)
Scientific Name: Oeciacus vicarius
Photo(s): Ryan Davis, Joel Smith Utah State University;
Type: Biting
Situation: Swallows, Swallow nests, bats
County: Summit
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University Extension
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
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
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
Drywood Termite (kalotermitidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Mohammed El Damir, Pest Management, Bugwood.org
Type: Structural pest.
Situation: In House
County: Washigton
Fact Sheets: Utah State University, Lyme Disease Tick Survey; UCIPM Drywood Termites
Fowl Mite: (Macronyssidae)
Scientific Name: Ornithonyssus spp.
Photo(s): Female tropical fowl mite, Marcelo de Campos Pereira, Univ. of Sao Paulo.
Type: Biting/household/medical
Situation: In Home
County: Washington
Fact Sheets: North Carolina State University Extension; Cornell University
Warehouse Beetle (Dermestidae)
Scientific Name: Trogoderma variabile
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
Pavement 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