Recent samples and images submitted to the Insect Diagnostic Lab
Note: Images submitted by email (@gotbugs) offer fast identification based on visual familiarity, but such identifications carry a risk of errors resulting from the inability to use traditional anatomical keys.
| April 2018 | ||
@gotbugs; Kansas City, KS | Spider Beetle (Gibbium sp.) |  |
@gotbugs; in hedge wood; location unknown | Painted Hickory Borers (Megacyllene caryae) |  |
@gotbugs; location unknown | Marginated Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus marginatus) |  |
@gotbugs; in a school; Marion County | German Cockroach nymph (Blattella germanica) |  |
furniture/bedding; Johnson County | Clothes Moths (Tineola basselliella) |  |
human hair; Topeka, KS | Human Lice (Pediculus humanus) |  |
office building; Pest Control Co.; Kansas City, KS | Eastern Subterranean Termites (Reticulitermes flavipes) |  |
on livestock, wildlife and humans; Stevens County | American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis) |  |
insect damage on Umbrella plant; Brewster, KS | Soft Brown Scale (Coccus hesperidium) |  |
in home; Hill City, KS | Brown Lacewing (Hemerobius sp.) |  |
@gotbugs; on a pear tree; Riley County | Wheel Bug eggs (Arilus cristatus) |  |
in home; Pratt, KS | - no arthropod found - | - N/A - |
Bed bug sexing; Leaveworth County | Bed Bug female (Cimex lectularius) |  |
on office desk; Pest Control Co.; Seneca, KS | Termite worker (Reticulitermes sp.) |  |
clothing; Wichita, KS | no arthropod found | - N/A |
| March 2018 | ||
on toilet seat, forming nests; Wichita, KS | Odorous House Ant (Tapinoma sessile) |  |
in home, biting people; Dodge City, KS | mite torso (unidentifiable) |  |
in bath tub; Riley County | Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci) and Larder Beetle (Dermestes lardarius) |  |
in a hospital room; Seneca, KS | Clover Mites (Bryobia praetiosa) |  |
in home on window sills; Kingman County | Face Flies (Musca autumnalis) |  |
in bee hive; Stevens County | Lesser Wax Moth larvae (Achroia grisella) |  |
in medical production facility; McPherson, KS | stink bug torso (Pentatomidae) |  |
in home, Clark County | Death-watch Beetles (Anobiidae) |  |
in home; Clay Center | Carpet beetle (Anthrenus fuscus) |  |
in bathroom; Kansas City, KS | Eastern Bloodsucking Conenose (Triatoma sanguisuga) |  |
in home; nuisance; Nemaha County | no arthropod found | - N/A - |
in home; nuisance; Manhattan, KS | Larder Beetle (Dermestes lardarius) |  |
| January 2018 | ||
in apartment complex, Topeka, KS | Bed Bug (Cimex lectularius) |  |
@gotbugs; in kitchen; Post Rock District | Indian Meal Moth (Plodia interpunctella) |  |
in wood structure and insulation; Douglas County | Carpet Beetle larvae (Anthrenus sp.); Clothes moth larvae (Tinea sp.) |   |
aggregating on house ceilings; Rawlins County | Face Fly (Musca autumnalis) |  |
in house structure; Manhattan, KS | small animal remains (+nest) | - N/A- |
biting? Sumner County | no arthropod found | - N/A - |
pest control co. submission; Wyandotte County | Cornfield ants - queens (Lasius umbratus group) |  |
in house basement; Johnson County | Green Bottle Fly (Lucilia coeruleiviridis) |  |
diseased tomato plants in a greenhouse; Jackson County | Silverleaf Whitefly nymphs (Bemisia tabaci) |  |
in medical production facility; McPherson, KS | mosquito (Ochlerotatus sp.) |  |
in house; Hiawatha, KS | Paper Wasp nest (Polistes sp.) | - N/A - |
biting? Saline County | no arthropod found | - N/A - |
