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.
| August 11 - 17 , 2017 | ||
@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 | Norther 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) |  |
| July 28 -August 3 , 2017 | ||
in home; Mclouth, KS | Cockroach (Blattidae) |  |
in grain elevator; pest control co.; Wyandotte County | Lesser Mealworm beetle (Alphitobius diaperinus) |  |
in medical production facility; McPherson, KS | Foreign Grain Beetle (Ahasvera advena) |  |
insect damage on cypress branches; Kearny County | Mealybug (Dysmicoccus sp.) |  |
@gotbugs; Atchison County | Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) | - N/A - |
in bedroom, biting; Manhattan. KS | Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus) |  |
@gotbugs; falling from Maple tree; location unknown | Lace bugs (Tingidae) |  |
in home; biting; Pest Control Co. Leawenworth, KS | Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) | - N/A - |
in home - nuisance; Seneca, KS | Fly pupae and ant remain |  |
@gotbugs; NE Kansas | Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) | - N/A - |
@gotbugs; around soybean fields; Meadowlark Ext. District | Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) |  |
a kitchen infestation; Newton, KS | Cockroach nymphs (Blattidae) |  |
@gotbugs; Manhattan, KS | Ivory Marked Borer (Eburia quadrigeminata) |  |
| July 14 -27 , 2017 | ||
@gotbugs; biting a human; Prairie Ridge, KS | Antlion larva (Myrmeleontidae) |  |
@gotbugs; in home Wamego, KS | Ground spider (Sergiolus capulatus) |  |
@gotbugs; insect on tomato leaves; Miami County | Aphids exoskeletons |  |
in home; Saline County | Warehouse Beetle (Trogoderma variabilis) |  |
branch die-off in cypress tree; McPherson County | Mealybug (Dysmicoccus sp.) |  |
tip damage in cypress tree; McPherson County | Tip moth damage (Totricidae) |  |
in home; Manhattan, KS | Oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis) | - N/A - |
aggregating around a tree; Nemaha, KS | Honeybee (Apis sp.) |  |
in home; Butler County | Indian Meal Moth (Plodia interpunctella) |  |
@gotbugs; assisted living facility; KS | Bed Bugs (Cimex sp.) | - N/A - |
@gotbugs; on various wild plants; Grinnel, KS | Striped Blister Beetle (Epicauta vittata) |  |
@gotbugs; under rotten log outdoors; KS | Grapevine Beetle (Pelidnota punctata) |  |
on a mattress; Manhattan, KS | Dermestid larvae (dermestidae) and Flour beetle (Tribolium sp.) |  |
in home on bed; Manhattan, KS | Bed Bug (Cimex lectularius) | -N/A- |
in home; pest control co.; Sylvan Grove, KS | Cockroach nymph (Blattodea) |  |
@gotbugs; found on Ash tree; Shawnee County | Ash and Privet Borer (Tylonotus bimaculatus) |  |
at home; Independence, MO | Bed Bug (Cimex lectularius) | - N/A - |
| July 06 - 13, 2017 | ||
@gotbugs; bed bug concern; location unknown | Cockroach with its ootheca (Blattodea) |  |
@gotbugs; Topeka, KS | Red-shouldered bug (Jadera haematoloma) |  |
@gotbugs; on bed; Wichita, KS | Bed bugs (Cimicidae) | - N/A - |
@gotbugs; Clay Center, KS | Eastern Tiger Swallowtail caterpillar (Papilio glaucus) |  |
@gotbugs; in living room; Clay Center, KS | Fruit and Flower Chafer (Osmoderma subplanata) |  |
@gotbugs; in home; Johnson County | Bat Bug (Cimex adjunctus) |  |
experimental sunflower; K-state Entomology | Sunflower aphids (Uroleucon helianthicola) |  |
damage on coneflower plants; Sawyer, KS | fritillary caterpillars (Argynnini) - 1st instars |  |
| July 01 -05, 2017 | ||
@gotbugs; on human; Fort Scott, KS | Kissing bug (Triatoma sp.) |  |
in a hospital; Leavenwoth County | Bed bug torso (Cimicidae) |  |
inside a mobile camper; Nemaha County | Bird mites (Ornythonyssus sp.) |  |
damage on clematis vine Leavenworth County | Plant bugs (Slaterorocoris sp.) |  |
damage on rudbeckia stems; sample decomposed Leavenworth County | Plant bugs (Miridae) | |
| June 2017 | ||
@gotbugs; structural damage to a storage building; location unknown | Carpenter Ant (Camponotus discolor ) |  |
inside a church in a ceiling debris; Mitchell County | Foreign Grain Beetle (Ahasverus advena) |  |
in medical production facilities; McPherson, KS | Spotted Ladybeetle (Coleomegilla maculata) |  |
in livestock water tank; Ford County | Ostracods (Ostracoda) | - N/A - |
outside of a house; North Newton, KS | Acrobat Ants (Crematogaster sp.) |  |
in home; Peabody, KS | Non-biting midge (Chironomidae) |  |
in home; Peabody, KS | Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae) |  |
in home; Peabody, KS | Warehouse Beetle (Trogoderma variabile); unknown moth (Lepidoptera) |  |
cedar log with boring damage; Ford County | insect undetected | - N/A - |
@gotbugs; Concordia, KS | Lacewing larva (Chrysopidae) |  |
in home; Cherokee County | Bird mite (Dermanyssus sp.) |  |
in livestock tank; Midway District | Caddisfly larvae (Trichoptera) | - N/A - |
@gotbugs; biting Beloit, KS | Deer Fly (Sylvius sp.) |  |
damaged Oak tree twig; Ford County | Oak stem gall wasps (Callirhytis sp.) |  |
@gotbugs; Lyon County | Dung Beetle (Aphodiinae) |  |
@gotbugs; Phillips County | Oak Twig Prunner (Anelaphus parallelus) |  |
@gotbugs; Wichita, KS | Underwing moth caterpillar (Catocala sp.) |  |
@gotbugs; location unknown | Carpenterworm moth exuvia (Prionoxystus robiniae) |  |
@gotbugs; Manahttan, KS | Common Soothywing (Pholisora catullus) |  |
on yard, swarming; Cheyenne County | Eastern Subterranean Termites - alates (Reticulitermes flavipes) |  |
in home; Manhattan, KS | Brown Recluse Spider (Loxosceles reclusa) |  |
| May 2017 | ||
@gotbugs; in home; Wichita, KS | Springtails and a predatory mite (Parasitinae) |  |
in home; Topeka, KS | Bat Bug (Cimex adjunctus) | - N/A - |
in a basement; Nemaha County | Drugstore Beetle (Stegobium paniceum) |  |
Boxwood leaf damage; Atchison County | Spider mite damage | - N/A - |
in stored wheat grain; Colby, KS | Psocids (Liposcelis sp.) |  |
in home; Chase County | Drugstore Beetle (Stegobium paniceum) |  |
On body; Coffey County | Lone Star Tick nymph (Amblyomma americanum) |  |
| April 2017 | ||
on a bed; Oskaloosa, KS | Bed Bug (Cimex lectularius) | - N/A - |
in home; Thomas County | Bed Bug (Cimex lectularius) | - N/A - |
in home; Rawlins County | Face Fly (Musca autumnalis) |  |
in home; Brown County | Plum Curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar) |  |
in an aquaculture; Jackson County | Non-biting midge larva (Tanypodinae) |  |
in bed; Bourbon County | Bed Bug (Cimex lectularius) |  |
in home; Sedgwick County | Drugstore Beetle (Stegobium paniceum) |  |
| @gotbugs; in turf | May beetle (Phyllophaga sp.) |  |
| March 2017 | ||
holes in home yard; Saline County | Plasterer bees (Colletes sp.) |  |
in home; Lincoln County | Hackberry Nipple Gall Maker (Psylla celtidismamma) |  |
on an apartment floor;pest control co. Douglas County | Cowpea Weevil (Callosobruchus maculatus) |  |
in home's attic - windows; Jamestown, KS | Asian Multicolored Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis) and Cluster flies (Pollenia sp.) |  |
in home; Manhattan, KS | Huntsman spider - juvenile female (Heteropoda venatoria) |  |
blackberry cane damage; Lyon County | no insect damage found | - N/A - |
in chicken barn; Sumner County | Mealworm larvae (Tenebrio molitor) |  |
hair sample; Topeka, KS | no arthropod found | - N/A - |
in home; Wichita, KS | a cockroach remain | - N/A - |
in home; Newton, KS | Pillbug remains (Armadillidium sp.) |  |
in a kicthen; Mulvane, KS | Sawtoothed Grain Beetle (Oryzephilus surinamensis) |  |
| February 2017 | ||
greenhouse tomato leaf damage; Pratt County | Western Flower Thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) | - N/A - |
Austrian Pine; boring damage; Sunflower District, KS | no insect found, suspected Pine Borer; | - N/A - |
in house; Goodland, KS | Bed Bug (Cimex lectularius) | - N/A - |
on person; Wilson County | Whitemarked Spider Beetle (Ptinus fur) |  |
| January 2017 | ||
@gotbugs; a spider bite Central Kansas District | Black Widow Spider male (Latrodectus sp.) | - N/A - |
in poultry farm home and poultry housing; Johnson County | Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) |  |
kitchen area; MP | Carpenter ant alate (Camponotus decipiens) |  |
| Peabody, KS | Carpet beetle larva (Dermestidae) |  |
Atchison County | Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) |  |
in a home; Johnson County | Bat bugs (Cimex sp.) | - N/A - |
