Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab
Arthropod Samples in March 2015
Clover Mites (Tetranychidae)
Scientific Name: Bryobia Praetiosa
Photo(s): Rayanne Lehman, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.
Type: Plant pest
Situation: N/A
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Utah State University Extension; Colorado State University
Pitch Mass Borer (Pyralidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, bugwood.org.
Type: Tree pest
Situation: Found infesting a Ponderosa Pine
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: U.S. Forestry Service; Colorado State University Extension
March Flies (Bibionidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org; (2 images) Ryan Davis, Utah State University
Type: Nuisance
Situation: In soil/leaf litter
County: Wasatch
Fact Sheets: North Carolina State University
Leaf Hopper (Cicadellidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): J.L Danet, INRA Centre de Recherches de Bordeaux, Bugwood.org
Type: Plant pest
Host: N/A
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: Utah State University Extension; University of California IPM
Smokybrown Cockroach (Blattidae)
Scientific Name: Periplaneta fuliginosa
Photo(s): Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org
Type: Structural pest
Situation: In package
County: Weber
Fact Sheets: Utah State University
Dark Mealworm (Tenebrionidae)
Scientific Name: Tenebrio obscurus
Photo(s): Dark mealworm, Jared Kunz, Utah State University.
Type: Stored products pest
Situation: In home
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets:
Western Conifer Seedbug (Coreidae)
Scientific Name: Leptoglossus occidentalis
Photo(s): Mohammed El Damir, Pest Management, Bugwood.org
Type: Structural
Situation: On Yucca flower
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University