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) Face Fly

in a hospital;

Leavenworth County

Bed Bug (Cimex lectularius) -N/A-

in house;

Johnson County

Army Ants (Neivamyrmex nigrescens) Army ant

in house;

Pratt, KS

Fruit fly remain (Rhagolitis sp.) Fruit fly wings

in house;

Pratt, KS

Barn Funnel Weaver spider (Tegenaria domestica) Barn Funnel Weaver

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) Army ant

in stored chestnuts;

River Valley District
Crab spider (Philodromus sp.) Crab spider

in stored chestnuts;

River Valley District
Jumping spider (Meavia sp.) Jumping spider

in stored chestnuts;

River Valley District

Jumping spider (Paraphidippus aurantius) Jumping spider
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) Walnat Husk Fly maggot

on child's head; pest control co.;

Norton County

Tick larva (Amblyomma sp.) Tick larva

swarming around a new house;

Newton, KS

Carpenter Ants - alates (Camponotus sp.) Carpenter ant

in home closet;

Frontier Extension District

Mediterranean Flour Moth (Ephestia kuehniella) Mediterranean Flour Moth
October 20 -26, 2017

@gotbugs; in house;

Manhattan, KS

Pseudoscorpion Pseudoscorpion

@gotbugs; in dead ash tree;

Ottawa, KS

Banded Ash Borer (Neoclytus caprea) Banded Ash Borer

@gotbugs; curiosity;

Nemaha County

Paper Wasp (Polistes sp.) Polistes sp.

@gotbugs; in grass fields;

Logan County

Bird grasshopper (Schistocerca sp.) Bird grasshopper

@gotbugs; in garden;

Nemaha County

Hoverfly (Syrphidae) Hoverfly

@gotbugs; in garden;

Nemaha County

Honey bee (Apis sp.) Honeybee
@gotbugs; in house Millipedes (Diplopoda) Millipedes

on window; pest control co.

Wyandotte County

Acrobat Ants (Crematogaster lineolata) and dermestid beetle larvae (Dermestidae) Acrobat ant and dermestid larvae
in a medical production facility;

McPherson, KS

Brown Recluse Spider (Loxosceles reclusa) Brown Recluse Spider
in a medical production facility;

McPherson, KS

House Fly (Musca domestica) House Fly
in a medical production facility;

McPherson, KS

Ground beetle (Agonum sp.) Ground beetle

die back of yew branches;

Gray County

Yew mealybug (Dysmicoccus wistariae) Yew mealybug
October 13 -19, 2017

@gotbugs; in basement;

location unknown

Bed Bugs (Cimicidae) Bed bugs

@gotbugs; in garden;

Frontier Extension District

Ash Gray Blister Beetle (Epicauta fabricii) Ash Gray Blister Beetle

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); Larder Beetle

in feed pellets;

Wabaunsee County

Confused Flour Beetle (Tribolium confusum) Confused Flour Beetle

in bee hive;

Walton, KS

Small Hive Beetle (Aetina tumida) Small Hive Beetle

in flower bed

Bourbon County

Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens) Common Eastern Bumble Bee
October 05 -12, 2017

@gotbugs; biting people;

northeastern Iowa

Minute Pirate Bug (Anthocoridae) Minute Pirate Bug

@gotbugs; curiosity;

Classboro, NJ

Giant Ichneumon Wasp (Megarhyssa sp.) Giant Ichneumon

@gotbugs;

location unknown

Lacebug (Corythucha sp.) Lacebug

@gotbugs;

location unknown

Cockroach (Blattodea) Cockroach

surrounding a home;

Riley County

Face Fly (Musca autumnalis) Face Fly

on pine tree;

Ford County

Spotted Green Needle Aphid (Eulachnus agilis) Spotted Green Pine Needle Aphid
September 29 - October 05 , 2017

@gotbugs; curiosity;

Riley County

Whitebanded Crab Spider (Misumenoides formosipes) Whitebanded Crab Spider

@gotbugs; curiosity;

Paola, KS

Northern Paper Wasp (Polistes fuscatus) Polistes fuscatus

@gotbugs; feeding on rose of sharon;

Johnson County

Scentless Plant Bug (Niesthrea louisianica) Niesthrea sp.

@gotbugs; curiosity;

St. Francis, KS

Orb Weaver Spider (Agriope sp.) Agriope sp.

@gotbugs; on a student;

Miltonvale, KS

Bed Bug (Cimicidae) - N/A -

@gotbugs; in a shower;

Lyon, KS

Darkling beetle (Paratenetus sp.) Paratenetus sp.

@gotbugs;

location unknown

Nut and Acorn Weevil (Curculio sp.) Curculio sp.

@gotbugs; filed collection;

Graham County

unidentified Snout beetle (Curculionidae) Snout beetle

in home;

Leawenworth, KS

Drugstore beetle (Stegobium paniceum) and Flour beetle (Tribolium sp.) Drugstore beetle

in home; pest control co.;

Seneca, KS

Darkwing Fungus Gnats (Sciaridae) Darkwinged Fungus Gnat

@gotbugs; curiosity

Olathe, KS

Northern Paper Wasp (Polistes fuscatus)

on school students;

Miltonvale, KS

Head lice eggs (Pediculus humanus capitis) Head lice nit

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) Giant Swallowtail caterpillar

@gotbugs; on a fungal mass;

Sedgwick County

Pleasing Fungus Beetle larvae (Megalodacne fasciata) Pleasing Fungus Beetle larvae

@gotbugs; flying from corn fields;

location unknown

Green Cloverworm Moth (Hypena scabra) Green Cloverworm Moth

@gotbugs; on buildings and porches;

Topeka, KS

Green Cloverworm Moth (Hypena scabra) Green Cloverworm Moth

in a medical production facility;

McPherson, KS

Dried fruit beetle (Carpophilus sp.) Caprophilus sp.

on a patient;

Bourbon County

Psocids (Psocoptera) psocids

on a patient leg;

Stone County. MO

Tick larvae (Ixodidae) tick larvae

knots on the bark of locust tree;

Cheyenne County

unidentified moth chrysalis (Lepidoptera) moth chrysalis
September 15 - 21 , 2017

@gotbugs;

Central Kansas District

False Chinch Bug - nymph (Nysius raphanus) False Chinch Bug

around a house;

Coffey County

Hunting Billbug (Sphenophorus venatus) Hunting Billbug

@gotbugs;

Geary County

Seedcorn beetle (Stenolophus sp.) Seedcorn beetle

@gotbugs; in a house;

Postrock District

Skin beetle larva (Dermestidae) dermestid larva

@gotbugs; on a sidewalk;

Lyndon, KS

"White grub" - scarabid beetle larva (Scarabidae) White grub

@gotbugs; in house;

Frontier Extension District

Woodlouse (Oniscidea) Woodlouse
September 08 - 14 , 2017

@gotbugs; on cucurbit plants;

Marion County
Squash Bug (Anasa tristis) Squash bugs

@gotbugs; on cucurbit plants;

Marion County

Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) Spotted Cucumber Beetle

@gotbugs; in home;

Sedgwick County

Blow Fly maggot (Calliphoridae) Maggot

@gotbugs; in sunflowers;

KS

Goldenrod Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus pensylvanicus) Goldenrod Soldier Beetle

@gotbugs; curiosity;

Johnson County

Leather-colored Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca alutacea) Leather-colored Bird Grasshopper

@gotbugs; attacking a Jumping spider

Phillipsburg, KS

Ichneumon wasp (Trogomorpha trogiformis) Trogomorpha trogiformis

@gotbugs; in weeds;

Seward County

Braconid wasp nest with pupae (Braconidae) Braconid wasp

@gotbugs; on soybean leaves;

Graham County

Chrysalis of the Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa cardui) Chrysalis of the Thistle caterpillar
September 02 - 07 , 2017

in commercial building;

Wyandotte County

Carpenter ant - winged males (Camponotus sp.) male Carpenter ant

@gotbugs;

Frontier Extension District

Large Milkweed Bug nymphs (Oncopeltus fasciatus) Large Milkweed Bug nymphs

@gotbugs; nesting in the barn wood;

Johnson County

Square-headed wasp (Crabroninae) Square-headed wasp

@gotbugs; feeding on Thistle;

Lawrence, KS

Clearwing Moth (Hemaris sp.) Clearwing Moth

@gotbugs; safety concern;

Douglas County

Paper wasp nest (Polistes sp.) Nest of Papare Wasps

@gotbugs; curiosity;

Overland Park, KS

Dog-Day Cicada (Tibicen canicularis) Dog-day Cicada

@gotbug; curiosity;

Kansas City, MO

Luna Moth caterpillar (Actias luna) Luna Moth caterpillar

@gotbugs; curiosity;

Topeka, KS

Bee Fly (Systoechus sp.) Bee Fly

leaf damage on Elm tree;

Clark County

Aphids (Myzocallis sp.) Myzocallis sp.

in home,

Geary County

Soft ticks (Carios kelleyi) Soft tick
August 25 - September 01 , 2017

in home;

Sedgwick County

Red Flour Beetle (Tribolium castaneum) Red Flour Beetle

@gotbugs; in basement;

location unknown

Pyralid moth - possibly Mediterranean Flour Moth (Ephestia kuehniella) Pyralid moth

@gotbugs; in elm tree;

McPherson, KS

Rhinoceros beetle larva (Dynastinae) Scarabidae

@gotbugs; near elm tree;

Marion County

Stripped Blister Beetle (Epicauta vittata) Striped Blister Beetle

in basement;

Arkansas City, KS

Lesser Grain Borer (Rhyzopertha dominica) Lesser Grain Borer

@gotbugs; on porch - safety concern;

Olathe, KS

Robber Fly (Assilidae) Robber Fly

boring damage in Locust tree twigs;

Oberlin, KS

Powder post beetle gallery (Lyctinae) - N/A -

@gotbugs; curiosity

Overland Park, KS

Wolf Spider (Hogna sp.) Wolf spider

@gotbugs; curiosity

Overland Park, KS

Robber Fly (Assilidae) Robber Fly
August 18 - 24 , 2017

@gotbugs; defoliating an ornamental tree;

location unknown

Datana sp. caterpillars Datana sp.

in house;

Goodland, KS

Square-headed wasp (Crossocerus sp.) Crossocerus sp.

in home; collected in a vacuum debris;

Topeka, KS

Leafhopper (Cicadellidae) Leafhopper
August 11 - 17 , 2017

in home; in foods;

Sedgwick County

Common Centipede (Lithobiomorpha) Common centipede

@gotbugs; swarming in home;

Johnson County

Drain Flies (Psychodidae) Drain Flies

in residence;

Manhattan, KS

Brown Recluse Spider (Loxosceles reclusa) - N/A -

@gotbugs; found in shower;

Johnson County

Head Louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) Head Louse

in home, stinging;

Sumner County

Velvet Ant wasp (Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica) Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica

@gotbugs; curiosity;

Wakefield, KS

Wheel Bug (Arilus cristatus) Wheel Bug

@gotbugs; in soybeans;

Shawnee County

Whiteflies (Aleyrodidae) - N/A -

@gotbugs; kitchen floor;

location unknown

Fly maggot (Diptera) maggot

pine trees - needle browning;

Logan County

Spotted Green Pine Needle Aphid (Eulachnus agilis) Spotted Green Pine Needle Aphid

indoors;

Manhattan, KS

Brown Recluse Spider (Loxosceles reclusa) Brown Recluse Spider
August 4 - 10 , 2017

@gotbugs; in soybean field;

Frontier District

Fall Armyworm caterpillar (Spodoptera frugiperda) Fall Armyworm

@gotbugs; in an apartment pool;

Sedgwick County

Horsehair worm (Nematomorpha) Horsehair worm

@gotbugs; on a window;

location unknown

Northern Paper Wasps (Polistes fuscatus) Polistes fuscatus

@gotbugs; on a driveway;

Kansas City, KS

Ground beetle larva (Pasimachus sp.) Ground Beetle larva

@gotbugs; curiosity

Southwest Michigan

Giant Ichneumon wasp (Megarhyssa sp.) Giant Ichneumon

@gotbugs; in home;

Johnson County

Red-legged Ham Beetle (Necrobia rufipes) Necrobia rufipes

@gotbugs; attracted to horses;

Morris County

Green June Beetle (Cotinis nitida) Green June Beetle

@gotbugs;

Wakefield, KS

Black Saddlebag Dragonfly (Tramea lacerata) Black Saddlebag Dragonfly

in bedroom;

Manhattan, KS

Drugstore Beetle (Stegobium paniceum) - N/A -

on a ceiling inside a home;

Shawnee County

1st instar caterpillars (Lepidoptera) caterpillars

in cold storage;

St. Louis, MO

Storage mite (Glycyphagus domesticus) Glycyphagus domesticus

in medical production facility;

McPherson, KS

Ground crab spider (Xysticus texanus) Xysticus texanus

in home; pest control co.

Seneca, KS

Army Ants (Neivamyrmex nigrescents) Army ant

In home;

Bonner Springs, KS

Drugstore Beetle (Stegobium paniceum) Drugstore beetle