Species We Test

This is a partial list of the species that we are able to test. We update this list regularly to meet client requests and changing pest statuses.

We are a full service Pest, Animal, Plant and Bed Bug Pesticide Testing Lab

Species We Test

Animal Pests
Acari
Northern Fowl Mites Ornithonyssus sylviarum
Coleoptera
Lesser Mealworms Alphitobius diaperinus
Diptera
Deer Fly Chrysops spp.
Horn Fly Haematobia irritans
Horse Fly Tabanus spp.
Stable Fly Stomoxys calcitrans
Ixodida
Brown Dog Tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus
Lonestar Ticks Amblyomma americum
Siphonaptera  
Cat Flea Ctenocephalides felis
Other
Clothes Moth Tineola bisselliello
Spotted Cucumber Beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Rover Ants Brachymyrmex patagonicus
Florida Woods Roach Eurycotis floridana
Australian Roach Periplaneta australasiae
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys
Northern Corn Rootworm Diabrotica barberi
Western Corn Rootworm Diabrotica virgifera
Fertilizer Test Systems
 
Annual Flowers NA
Beans NA
Bermuda Grass Cynodon dactylon
Broccoli NA
Cabbage NA
Cauliflower NA
Centipede Grass Eremochloa ophiuroides
Collards NA
Corn NA
Eggplant NA
Kentucky Bluegrass Poa pratensis
Peas NA
Peppers NA
Perennial Flowers NA
Squash NA
Tall Fescue Festuca arundinacea
Tomatoes NA
Perennial Rye Grass Lolium perenne
Zoysia Grass Zoysia emerald
 
Stored Product Pests
Coleoptera
Black Carpet Beetle Attagenus piceus
Cigarette Beetle Lasioderma serricorne
Confused Flour Beetle Tribolium Confusum
Dermestid Beetle Dermestes maculatus
Foreign grain beetle Ahasverus advena
Granary Weevil Sitophilus granarius
Mealworm Tenebrio molitor
Red Flour Beetle Tribolium castaneum
Rice Weevil Sitophilus oryzae
Sawtoothed Grain Beetle Oryzaephilus suninamensis
Superworm Zophobas Morio
Varied Carpet Beetle Anthrenus verbasci
 
Lepidoptera  
Indian Meal Moth Plodia interpunctella
Mediterranean flour moth Anagasta kueniella
 
Psocoptera  
Psocids (book lice) NA
Urban /Environmental/Public Health Pests
Acari
House Dust Mite Dermatophagiodes farinae
 
Araneae  
Black Widow Latrodectus Mactans
Brown Recluse Loxosceles recluse
Brown Widow Latrodectus geometricus
Cellar Spider Pholcus phalangioides
Common House Spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum
Common Orbweaver Lariniodes cornutus
Crevice Spider Kukulcania spp. Filistatidae
Desert Tentweb Spider Diguitia canities
False Black Widow Spider Steatoda grossa
Green Lynx Spider Peucetia viridans
Jumping Spiders Phidippus octopunctatus
Redback Jumping Spiders Phidippus johnsoni
Western Fishing Spider Dolomedes gertchi
Western Grass Spider Agelenosis aperta
Wolf Spider Lycosa spp.
 
Blattaria  
American Roaches Periplaneta Americana 
Brown Banded Cockroach Supella longipalpa
Discoid Cockroach Blaberus discoidales
German Roaches Blattella germanica
Oriental Cockroach Blatta Orientalis
Smokey Brown Cockroaches Periplaneta fuliginosa
Wood Cockroach Parcoblatta pennsylvanica 
 
Coleoptera  
Multicolored Asian Ladybeetle Harmonia Axyridis
Convergent Ladybeetle Hippodamia convergens
Ground Beetle Carabinidae spp.
Temperate Springtail NA
Tropical Springtail NA
 
Dermaptera  
European Earwig Foricula auricularia 
 
Diptera  
Aedes Mosquito Aedes aegypti
Anopheles Mosquito Anopheles quadrimaculatus
Black Soldier Fly Hermetia illucens
Blue Bottle Fly Calliphora vomitoria
Culex Mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus
Funebris Fruit Fly Drosophila funebris
Flesh Fly Sarcophaga bullata
Green Bottle Fly Phaenicia sericata
House Fly Musca Domestica
Hydei Fly Drosophila hydei
Melanogaster Fruit Fly Drosophila melanogaster
Moth Fly Psychoda spp. 
Phorid Fly Pseudacteon spp.
Repleta Fruit Fly Drosophila repleta
 
Hemiptera  
Bed Bugs Cimex lectularius
 
Hymenoptera  
Acrobat Ant Crematogaster  ashmeadi
Argentine Ant Iridomyrmex humilis
Bembix Sand Wasp Bembix spp.
Big-headed Ant Pheidole megacephala
Black Carpenter Ant Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens
Carpenter Bee Xylocopa virginica
Citronella Ant Canthomyops interjectus
False Honey Ant Prenolepis imparis
Ghost Ant Tapinoma melanocephalum
Harvester Ant Pogonomyrmex spp.
Honey Bee Apis mellifera 
Little Black Ant Monomorium minimum
Odorous House Ant Tapinoma sessile 
Paper Wasp Polistes spp.
Pavement Ant Tetramorium caespitum
Pharaoh Ant Monomorium pharaonis
Red Carpenter Ant Camponotus castaneus
Red Imported Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta
Thief Ant Solenopsis molesta
Tramp Ant Aphaenogaster spp.
Yellow Jacket Vespula spp.
 
Isopoda  
Pillbug Armadillidium vulgare
Sowbug Porcellio saber
 
Isoptera  
Eastern Subterranean Termites Reticulitermes flavipes
 
Myriapods  
Centipedes NA
Millipedes NA
 
Orthoptera  
Camel Crickets Ceuthophilus spp.
House Crickets Acheta domesticus
 
Pulmonata  
Common Terrestrial Snails Xolotrema spp.
Tawny Garden Slug Limax flavus
Three-Banded Garden Slug Lehmannia valentiana
 
Scorpionida  
Arizona Bark Scorpion Centruroides exilicauda
Giant Desert Hairy Scorpion Hardrurus arizonensis
Common Desert Stripetail Scorpion Hoffmannius spinigerus
 
Thysanura  
Firebrats Thermobia domestica
Silverfish Ctenolepisma longicaudata
 
 
Vegetable/Crop Pests
Acari  
Two Spotted Spider Mite Tetranychus urticae
 
Coleoptera  
Bean Leaf Beetle Cerotoma trifurcata
Colorado Potato Beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Green June Bug Cotinis nitida (Linnaeus)
Leaf Beetle Leptinotarsa texana
Japanese Beetle Popillia Japonica
Whitefringed Beetle Graphognathus leucoloma (Boheman)
 
Hemiptera  
Bean Leaf Beetle Cerotoma trifurcata
Boxelder Bug Leptocorus trivittatus
Chinch Bug Blissus insularis
Citrus Mealybug Planococcus citri
Green Peach Aphid Myzus persica
Kudzu Bug Megacopta cribraria
Long-tailed mealybug Pseudococcus adonidum
Milkweed Bug Oncopeltus fasciatus
Minute Pirate Bug Orius insidiosus
Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum
Potato Aphids Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Red-shouldered Bug Jadera haematoloma
Silverleaf Whitefly Bemesia argentifolii
Squash Bug Anasa tristis
Sweet Potato Whitefly Bemesia tabaci
Tomato Hornworm Manduca quinquemaculata
Wooly Alder Aphid Prociphilus tessallatus
 
Orthoptera  
Field Cricket Gryllus pennsylvanicus
Grasshopper NA
 
Thysanoptera  
Western Flower Thrips Frankliniella occidentalis
 
Lepidoptera  
Bagworm Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis
Beet Armyworm Spodoptera exigua
Black Cutworm Agrotis ipsilon
Cabbage Looper Trichoplusia ni
Catlapa Sphinx Moth Ceratomia catalpae
Codling moth Cydia pomonella
Corn Earworm Helicoverpa zea
Diamondback Moth Plutella xylostella
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Malacosoma americanum
European Corn Borer Ostrinia nubilalis
Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda
Fall Webworm Hyphantria cunea
Greater Wax Moth Galleria mellonella
Northern Corn Rootworm Diabrotica barberi
Sod Webworm Crambus spp.
Southern Corn Rootworm Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Southwestern Corn Borer Diatraea grandiosella
Sugarcane Borer Diatraea saccharalis
Tobacco Budworm Heliothis virescens
Tobacco Hornworm Manduca sexta
Velvetbean caterpillar Anticarsia gemmatalis
Western Corn Rootworm(Diapausing) Diabrotica virgifera
Western Corn Rootworm(Non Diapausing) Diabrotica virgifera
 
Vertebrata
Mammalia   
Domestic Cat Felis catus
Domestic Dog Canis familiarus
Eastern Mole Scalopus aquaticus
Lab Mice Mus musculus
Lab Rat Rattus norvegicus
Nine-Banded Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus
Norway Rat Rattus norvegicus
San Juan Rabbit Orytolagus cuniculus
White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
 
Reptilia  
Ball Python Python regius
Black Rat Snake Pantherophis spiloides
Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix
Corn Snake Pantherophis guttata
Coral Snake Miccrurus fulvius
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus adamanteus
Gopher-Pine Snake Pituophis catenifer melanoleucus
Nelson’s Milk Snake Lampropeltis triangulum nelsoni
North American Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus
Prairie Rattlesnake Crotalus Viridis
Pygmy Rattlesnake Sistrurus miliarius
Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Crotalus atrox
 
 
 
Weed Test Systems
Barnyardgrass Echinochloa sp.
Boradleaf Signalgrass Brachiana platyphylla
Cheat Bromus secalinus
Cocklebur Xanthium strumarium
Coffeeweed, Hemp sesbania Sesbania exaltata
Crabgrass, Large Digitaria sanquinalis
Curly Dock Rumex crispup
Dandelion Taraxacum officinale
Field bindweed Convolvulus-arvensis
Foxtail, Green Setaria viridis
Foxtail, Giant Setaria faberi
Foctail, Yellow Setaria glauca
Johnsongrass Sorghum halepense
Lambsquarter Chenopodium album
Morningglory Mixture Ipomoea lacunose & Ipomoea hederacea
Palmer Amaranth Amaranthus pemeri
Pigweed, redroot Amaranthus retroflexus
Purple nutsedge tubers Cyperus rotundus
Ragweed, Common Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Ragweed, Giant Ambrosia trifida
Red Sprangletop Leptochloa filiformis
Shattercane Sorghum bicolor
Sicklepod Cassia obtusifolia
Smartweed, Pennsylvania Polygonum pensylvanicum
Sprangletop, Amazon, Tighthead Leptochola panicoides
Teaweed, Prickly sida Sida spinosa
Texas Panicum Panicum texanum
Velvetleaf Abutilon theophrasti
Wild Oats Aven fatua
Wild Buckwheat Polygonum convolvulus
Wild Mustard Brassica Kaber
Wooly Cupgrass Eriochloa Villosa
Yellow Nutsedge Cyperus esculentus