Utah Plant Pest Diagnostic Lab
Arthropod Samples in May 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
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
Bat Bugs (Cimicidae)
Scientific Name: Cimex pilosellus
Photo(s): Susan Ellis USDA APHIS PPQ
Type: Ecto-parasite of bats
Situation: In home
County: Colorado
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University Extension
Aphid (Aphidae)
Scientific Name: N/A
Photo(s): Adult aphid, David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org; Ryan Davis, Utah State University
Type: Fruit/ornamental plant pest
Situation: In yard
County: Box Elder
Fact Sheets: Utah State University(Alfalfa); Utah State University(Wheat); Colorado State University
Spinach Leaf Miner
Scientific Name: Pegomya hyoscyami
Photo(s): Gyorgy Csoka, Hungary Forest Research Institute, Bugwood.org, (Far Right) Plant Protection Service Archive, Plant Protection Service, Bugwood.org
Type: Fly
Situation: On Spinach
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Utah State University; Colorado State University
Duff Millipede (Polyxenidae)
Scientific Name: Polyxenus spp.
Photo(s): Joseph Burger, Bugwood.org
Type: Nuisance Pest
Situation: In light fixture in building
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: Colorado State University
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
Masked Hunter (Reduviidae)
Scientific Name: Reduvius personatus
Photo(s): (1) & (2) Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org; (3) Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org
Type: Predatory Bugs, Biting insects, Beneficial
Host: Found in home
County: Cache
Fact Sheets: Penn State University; Michigan State University
Squash Bug (Coreidae)
Scientific Name: Anasa tristis
Photo(s): Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, bugwood.org; Gerald Holmes, California Polytechnic State University, bugwood.org; Kansas Department of Agriculture Archive, bugwood.org
Type: Squash and Pumpkin Pest
Situation: In Home
County: Salt Lake
Fact Sheets: University of Minnesota; Utah State University
Minute Pirate Bug (Anthocoridae)
Scientific Name: Orius tristicolor
Photo(s): Minute pirate bug nymph, Ryan Davis, Utah State University; Adult minute pirate bug feeding on an aphid, Bradley Higbee, Paramount Farming, Bugwood.org.
Type:Beneficial
Situation: Bark of ash tree
County: Washington
Fact Sheets:University of Missouri Extension
Ground Spider (Gnaphosidae)
Scientific Name: Drassodes sp.
Photo(s): Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org
Type: beneficial
Host: In home
County: Uintah
Fact Sheets: Utah State University Extension
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