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.
| December 2017 | ||
in a medical production facility; McPherson, KS | insect legs, unknown ID | - N/A - |
| November 2017 | ||
in house; Bourbon County | Face Fly (Musca autumnalis) |  |
in a hospital; Leavenworth County | Bed Bug (Cimex lectularius) | -N/A- |
in house; Johnson County | Army Ants (Neivamyrmex nigrescens) |  |
in house; Pratt, KS | Fruit fly remain (Rhagolitis sp.) |  |
in house; Pratt, KS | Barn Funnel Weaver spider (Tegenaria domestica) |  |
swarming around a house; Newton, KS | Carpenter ants (Camponotus sp.) | - N/A - |
in a medical production facility; McPherson, KS | Pyralid moth - broken pieces (Pyralidae) | - N/A - |
in a medical production facility; McPherson, KS | Flour beetle remain (Tribolium sp.) | - N/A - |
in basement; KS | Army ants - winged males (Neivamyrmex opacithorax) |  |
in stored chestnuts; River Valley District | Crab spider (Philodromus sp.) |  |
in stored chestnuts; River Valley District | Jumping spider (Meavia sp.) |  |
in stored chestnuts; River Valley District | Jumping spider (Paraphidippus aurantius) |  |
| October 27 -November 02, 2017 | ||
@gotbugs; in home - biting; Wichita, KS | Bed Bug (Cimicid sp.) | - N/A - |
in home under bed sheets; Manhattan, KS | Brown Recluse Spider (Loxosceles reclusa) | - N/A - |
rotting walnut husk; Pratt, KS | Walnut Husk Fly maggots (Rhagoletis completa) |  |
on child's head; pest control co.; Norton County | Tick larva (Amblyomma sp.) |  |
swarming around a new house; Newton, KS | Carpenter Ants - alates (Camponotus sp.) |  |
in home closet; Frontier Extension District | Mediterranean Flour Moth (Ephestia kuehniella) |  |
| October 20 -26, 2017 | ||
@gotbugs; in house; Manhattan, KS | Pseudoscorpion |  |
@gotbugs; in dead ash tree; Ottawa, KS | Banded Ash Borer (Neoclytus caprea) |  |
@gotbugs; curiosity; Nemaha County | Paper Wasp (Polistes sp.) |  |
@gotbugs; in grass fields; Logan County | Bird grasshopper (Schistocerca sp.) |  |
@gotbugs; in garden; Nemaha County | Hoverfly (Syrphidae) |  |
@gotbugs; in garden; Nemaha County | Honey bee (Apis sp.) |  |
| @gotbugs; in house | Millipedes (Diplopoda) |  |
on window; pest control co. Wyandotte County | Acrobat Ants (Crematogaster lineolata) and dermestid beetle larvae (Dermestidae) |  |
| in a medical production facility;
McPherson, KS | Brown Recluse Spider (Loxosceles reclusa) |  |
| in a medical production facility;
McPherson, KS | House Fly (Musca domestica) |  |
| in a medical production facility;
McPherson, KS | Ground beetle (Agonum sp.) |  |
die back of yew branches; Gray County | Yew mealybug (Dysmicoccus wistariae) |  |
| October 13 -19, 2017 | ||
@gotbugs; in basement; location unknown | Bed Bugs (Cimicidae) |  |
@gotbugs; in garden; Frontier Extension District | Ash Gray Blister Beetle (Epicauta fabricii) |  |
in loghome; pest control co.; Wyandotte County | Larder beetle (Dermested lardarius); Flour beetle (Tribolium sp.); Ground beetle (Harpalus sp.); Mealworm beetle (Tenebrio sp.); Mediterranean Flour Moth (Ephestia kuehniella); |  |
in feed pellets; Wabaunsee County | Confused Flour Beetle (Tribolium confusum) |  |
in bee hive; Walton, KS | Small Hive Beetle (Aetina tumida) |  |
in flower bed Bourbon County | Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens) |  |
| October 05 -12, 2017 | ||
@gotbugs; biting people; northeastern Iowa | Minute Pirate Bug (Anthocoridae) |  |
@gotbugs; curiosity; Classboro, NJ | Giant Ichneumon Wasp (Megarhyssa sp.) |  |
@gotbugs; location unknown | Lacebug (Corythucha sp.) |  |
@gotbugs; location unknown | Cockroach (Blattodea) |  |
surrounding a home; Riley County | Face Fly (Musca autumnalis) |  |
on pine tree; Ford County | Spotted Green Needle Aphid (Eulachnus agilis) |  |
| September 29 - October 05 , 2017 | ||
@gotbugs; curiosity; Riley County | Whitebanded Crab Spider (Misumenoides formosipes) |  |
@gotbugs; curiosity; Paola, KS | Northern Paper Wasp (Polistes fuscatus) |  |
@gotbugs; feeding on rose of sharon; Johnson County | Scentless Plant Bug (Niesthrea louisianica) |  |
@gotbugs; curiosity; St. Francis, KS | Orb Weaver Spider (Agriope sp.) |  |
@gotbugs; on a student; Miltonvale, KS | Bed Bug (Cimicidae) | - N/A - |
@gotbugs; in a shower; Lyon, KS | Darkling beetle (Paratenetus sp.) |  |
@gotbugs; location unknown | Nut and Acorn Weevil (Curculio sp.) |  |
@gotbugs; filed collection; Graham County | unidentified Snout beetle (Curculionidae) |  |
in home; Leawenworth, KS | Drugstore beetle (Stegobium paniceum) and Flour beetle (Tribolium sp.) |  |
in home; pest control co.; Seneca, KS | Darkwing Fungus Gnats (Sciaridae) |  |
@gotbugs; curiosity Olathe, KS | Northern Paper Wasp (Polistes fuscatus) | |
on school students; Miltonvale, KS | Head lice eggs (Pediculus humanus capitis) |  |
on a patient; Riley County | no arthropod found | - N/A - |
| September 22 - 28 , 2017 | ||
@gotbugs; on rue; Kansas City, MO | Giant Swallowtail caterpillar (Papilio cresphontes) |  |
@gotbugs; on a fungal mass; Sedgwick County | Pleasing Fungus Beetle larvae (Megalodacne fasciata) |  |
@gotbugs; flying from corn fields; location unknown | Green Cloverworm Moth (Hypena scabra) |  |
@gotbugs; on buildings and porches; Topeka, KS | Green Cloverworm Moth (Hypena scabra) |  |
in a medical production facility; McPherson, KS | Dried fruit beetle (Carpophilus sp.) |  |
on a patient; Bourbon County | Psocids (Psocoptera) |  |
on a patient leg; Stone County. MO | Tick larvae (Ixodidae) |  |
knots on the bark of locust tree; Cheyenne County | unidentified moth chrysalis (Lepidoptera) |  |
| September 15 - 21 , 2017 | ||
@gotbugs; Central Kansas District | False Chinch Bug - nymph (Nysius raphanus) |  |
around a house; Coffey County | Hunting Billbug (Sphenophorus venatus) |  |
@gotbugs; Geary County | Seedcorn beetle (Stenolophus sp.) |  |
@gotbugs; in a house; Postrock District | Skin beetle larva (Dermestidae) |  |
@gotbugs; on a sidewalk; Lyndon, KS | "White grub" - scarabid beetle larva (Scarabidae) |  |
@gotbugs; in house; Frontier Extension District | Woodlouse (Oniscidea) |  |
| September 08 - 14 , 2017 | ||
@gotbugs; on cucurbit plants; Marion County | Squash Bug (Anasa tristis) |  |
@gotbugs; on cucurbit plants; Marion County | Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) |  |
@gotbugs; in home; Sedgwick County | Blow Fly maggot (Calliphoridae) |  |
@gotbugs; in sunflowers; KS | Goldenrod Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus pensylvanicus) |  |
@gotbugs; curiosity; Johnson County | Leather-colored Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca alutacea) |  |
@gotbugs; attacking a Jumping spider Phillipsburg, KS | Ichneumon wasp (Trogomorpha trogiformis) |  |
@gotbugs; in weeds; Seward County | Braconid wasp nest with pupae (Braconidae) |  |
@gotbugs; on soybean leaves; Graham County | Chrysalis of the Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa cardui) |  |
| September 02 - 07 , 2017 | ||
in commercial building; Wyandotte County | Carpenter ant - winged males (Camponotus sp.) |  |
@gotbugs; Frontier Extension District | Large Milkweed Bug nymphs (Oncopeltus fasciatus) |  |
@gotbugs; nesting in the barn wood; Johnson County | Square-headed wasp (Crabroninae) |  |
@gotbugs; feeding on Thistle; Lawrence, KS | Clearwing Moth (Hemaris sp.) |  |
@gotbugs; safety concern; Douglas County | Paper wasp nest (Polistes sp.) |  |
@gotbugs; curiosity; Overland Park, KS | Dog-Day Cicada (Tibicen canicularis) |  |
@gotbug; curiosity; Kansas City, MO | Luna Moth caterpillar (Actias luna) |  |
@gotbugs; curiosity; Topeka, KS | Bee Fly (Systoechus sp.) |  |
leaf damage on Elm tree; Clark County | Aphids (Myzocallis sp.) |  |
in home, Geary County | Soft ticks (Carios kelleyi) |  |
| August 25 - September 01 , 2017 | ||
in home; Sedgwick County | Red Flour Beetle (Tribolium castaneum) |  |
@gotbugs; in basement; location unknown | Pyralid moth - possibly Mediterranean Flour Moth (Ephestia kuehniella) |  |
@gotbugs; in elm tree; McPherson, KS | Rhinoceros beetle larva (Dynastinae) |  |
@gotbugs; near elm tree; Marion County | Stripped Blister Beetle (Epicauta vittata) |  |
in basement; Arkansas City, KS | Lesser Grain Borer (Rhyzopertha dominica) |  |
@gotbugs; on porch - safety concern; Olathe, KS | Robber Fly (Assilidae) |  |
boring damage in Locust tree twigs; Oberlin, KS | Powder post beetle gallery (Lyctinae) | - N/A - |
@gotbugs; curiosity Overland Park, KS | Wolf Spider (Hogna sp.) |  |
@gotbugs; curiosity Overland Park, KS | Robber Fly (Assilidae) |  |
| August 18 - 24 , 2017 | ||
@gotbugs; defoliating an ornamental tree; location unknown | Datana sp. caterpillars |  |
in house; Goodland, KS | Square-headed wasp (Crossocerus sp.) |  |
in home; collected in a vacuum debris; Topeka, KS | Leafhopper (Cicadellidae) |  |
| August 11 - 17 , 2017 | ||
in home; in foods; Sedgwick County | Common Centipede (Lithobiomorpha) |  |
@gotbugs; swarming in home; Johnson County | Drain Flies (Psychodidae) |  |
in residence; Manhattan, KS | Brown Recluse Spider (Loxosceles reclusa) | - N/A - |
@gotbugs; found in shower; Johnson County | Head Louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) |  |
in home, stinging; Sumner County | Velvet Ant wasp (Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica) |  |
@gotbugs; curiosity; Wakefield, KS | Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus) |  |
@gotbugs; in soybeans; Shawnee County | Whiteflies (Aleyrodidae) | - N/A - |
@gotbugs; kitchen floor; location unknown | Fly maggot (Diptera) |  |
pine trees - needle browning; Logan County | Spotted Green Pine Needle Aphid (Eulachnus agilis) |  |
indoors; Manhattan, KS | Brown Recluse Spider (Loxosceles reclusa) |  |
| August 4 - 10 , 2017 | ||
@gotbugs; in soybean field; Frontier District | Fall Armyworm caterpillar (Spodoptera frugiperda) |  |
@gotbugs; in an apartment pool; Sedgwick County | Horsehair worm (Nematomorpha) |  |
@gotbugs; on a window; location unknown | Northern Paper Wasps (Polistes fuscatus) |  |
@gotbugs; on a driveway; Kansas City, KS | Ground beetle larva (Pasimachus sp.) |  |
@gotbugs; curiosity Southwest Michigan | Giant Ichneumon wasp (Megarhyssa sp.) |  |
@gotbugs; in home; Johnson County | Red-legged Ham Beetle (Necrobia rufipes) |  |
@gotbugs; attracted to horses; Morris County | Green June Beetle (Cotinis nitida) |  |
@gotbugs; Wakefield, KS | Black Saddlebag Dragonfly (Tramea lacerata) |  |
in bedroom; Manhattan, KS | Drugstore Beetle (Stegobium paniceum) | - N/A - |
on a ceiling inside a home; Shawnee County | 1st instar caterpillars (Lepidoptera) |  |
in cold storage; St. Louis, MO | Storage mite (Glycyphagus domesticus) |  |
in medical production facility; McPherson, KS | Ground crab spider (Xysticus texanus) |  |
in home; pest control co. Seneca, KS | Army Ants (Neivamyrmex nigrescents) |  |
In home; Bonner Springs, KS | Drugstore Beetle (Stegobium paniceum) |  |
