Index of Common Names BITING/STINGING/VENOMOUS PESTS Bees 6 Honey bee 6 Africanized bees.. 7 Bumblebee 9 Carpenter bee 9 Digger bee 11 Leaf cutter bee 12 Sweat bee 13 Wasps 14 Tarantula hawk 14 Yellowjacket 15 Aerial yellowjacket 15,16 Common yellowjacket 15 German yellowjacket 15 Western yellowjacket 15 Paper wasp 18 Brown paper wasp 18 Common paper wasp 18 European paper wasp 18 Navajo paper wasp 18,19 Yellow paper wasp 18,19 Western paper wasp 18 Mud dauber 20 Black and blue mud dauber. 20 Black and yellow mud dauber 20 Organ pipe mud dauber 20,21 Velvet ant 21 Scorpions 23 Arizona bark scorpion 23 Giant hairy scorpion 24 Striped-tail scorpion 25 Yellow ground scorpion 25 Spiders 26 Cellar spider 26 Recluse spider 27 Tarantula 28 Widow spider 29 Scorpion/spider look-alikes 30 Pseudoscorpion 30 Solifugid/wind scorpion 31 Tailless whip scorpion 32 Whip scorpion/vinegaroon 32 GENERAL HOUSEHOLD PESTS 34 Ants 34 One-node ants 35 Argentine ant. 35 Carpenter ant. 36 Crazy ant 38 Tawny crazy ant 38 272
Odorous house ant 39 Pyramid ant 39 Rover ant. 40 Velvety tree ant 40 Two-node ants 42 Fire ant-red Imported 42 Fire ant-southern 43 Harvester ant 44 Pavement ant 45 Pharaoh ant 46 Thief ant 46 Ant look-alike 47 Velvet ant. 47 Cockroaches. 48 American cockroach 52 Brown cockroach 52 Brown-banded cockroach 50 German cockroach 48 Oriental cockroach 53 Sand cockroach 56 Surinam cockroach 55 Turkestan cockroach 54 Flies 58 Brachycera 58 Blow fly. 58 Cluster fly 59 Flesh fly. 60 Horse fly 61 House fly 62 Hover fly 67 Little house fly 63 Scuttle/phorid fly 65 Stable fly 63 Vinegar/fruit fly 66 Nematocera 68 Black fly 68 Crane fly 69 Drain/moth fly 69 Fungus gnat 71 Midge/non-biting midge 72 No-see-um 73 Sand fly 70 Other minor household pests 75 Booklouse 75 Caddisfly 75 Cricket 76 Indian house cricket 76 European house cricket 77 Field cricket 78 Camel cricket 78 Mole cricket 79 Earwig 80 Firebrat/Silverfish 81 273
Springtail/collembolan 82 Webspinner 83 Darkling beetle 83 Ironclad beetle 84 PLANT PESTS 86 Chewing pests 86 Beetles. 86 Agave beetle 86 Blister beetle 87 Cactus longhorn beetle 88 Paloverde beetle 88 Butterflies and moths 89 Armyworm 91 Bagworm 91 Gulf fritillary 92 Hornworm 93 Tent caterpillar 94 Sap-sucking pests-insects 95 Aphid 95 Cochineal scale 96 Mealybug 97 Psyllid 98 Whitefly 99 Cicada 100 Leafhopper 101 Agave plant bug 102 False chinch bug 103 Giant mesquite bug 104 Stink bug 105 Sap-sucking pests-non-insects 106 Mite 106 PUBLIC HEALTH PESTS 108 Insects 108 Bed bug 108 Conenose bug 109 Triatoma rubida 109 Triatoma protracta 110 Triatoma gerstaeckeri 110 Rhodnius prolixus 110 Corsair 111 Black corsair 112 Western corsair 111 Conenose/corsair look-alike 112 Masked hunter 112 Flea 113 Cat flea 114 Sticktight flea 115 Oriental rat flea 115 Human flea 116 Ground squirrel flea 116 Human louse 117 Mosquito 118 Asian tiger mosquito 119 274
Dark rice field mosquito 122 Inland floodwater mosquito 120 Malaria mosquito 120 Southern house mosquito 121 Western encephalitis mosquito 121 Yellow fever mosquito 119 Non-insects 123 Mite 123 Cheyletiella mite 124 Chigger 124, 126 House dust mite 123 Scabies mite 124, 125 Straw itch mite 124 Tick 127 American dog tick 127 Brown dog tick 127 STORED PRODUCT PESTS 129 PESTS OF STORED FOOD 129 Insects: Beetles 130 Bean weevil 130 Rice weevil 131 Maize weevil 131 Granary weevil 131 Cigarette beetle 132 Drugstore beetle 133 Khapra beetle 134 Flour beetle 135 Saw-toothed grain beetle 136 Spider beetle 137 Yellow mealworm 138 Insects: Moths 139 Angoumois grain moth 139 Indian meal moth 140 Mediterranean flour moth 141 Insects: Psocids 142 Non-insects: Mites 143 Grain mite/flour mite 143 PESTS OF FABRIC 144 Beetles 144 Carpet beetle 144 Black carpet beetle 144 Furniture carpet beetle 144 Varied carpet beetle 144 Moths 147 Clothes moth 147 Case-making clothes moth 147 Webbing clothes moth 147 STRUCTURAL PESTS/WOOD DAMAGING PESTS 150 Termite 150 Drywood termite 151 Desert dampwood termite 154 Dampwood termite 155 Subterranean termite 156 275
Wood damaging beetles 161 Common furniture beetle 161 Deathwatch beetle 162 Powderpost beetle 163 False powderpost beetle 164 VERTEBRATES 168 Mammals 168 Bats 168 Big brown bat 169 California leaf-nosed bat 169 Ghost-faced bat 170 Mexican free-tailed bat 170 Pallid bat 170 Rodents 173 Mice and rats 173 Deer mouse 173 House mouse 174 Meadow mouse 176 Black rat 177 Brown rat 180 Cotton rat 183 Wood rat/pack rat 184 Pocket gopher 186 Squirrel 190 California ground squirrel 190 Harris antelope squirrel 190 Rock squirrel 191 Round-tailed ground squirrel 190 Other large mammals 193 Coyote 193 Feral cat 194 Javelina 196 Skunk 197 Reptiles 200 Lizard 200 Desert spiny lizard 200 Horned lizard 201 Chuckwalla 202 Gila monster 203 Ornate tree lizard 202, 203 Side-blotched lizard 202, 203 Yarrow s spiny lizard 203 Gecko 203 Mediterranean house gecko 204 Peninsular leaf-toed gecko 204 Western banded gecko 204 Snake 205 Arizona coral snake 208 Desert nightsnake 207 Lizard-eating long-nosed snake 208 San Diego gopher snake 207 Sonoran gopher snake 207 Sonoran mountain kingsnake 208 276
Western diamondback rattlesnake 205 Western shovel-nosed snake 208 Birds 210 Feral pigeon 210 WEEDS 215 Winter annual broadleaved weeds 217 Clovers 217 Annual sweet clover 217 Black medic 217 Burclover 218 Clover look-alike: Yellow wood sorrel 218 Composites 219 Groundsel 219 Prickly lettuce 220 Sowthistle 221 Mustards 221 Black mustard 221 London rocket 222 Saharan mustard 222 Shepherd s purse 223 Swinecress 224 Wild radish 224 Other common winter annuals 225 Cheeseweed 225 Chickweed 226 Knotweed 226 Redstem filaree 227 Wild carrot 228 Wild celery 228 Wild parsley 229 Summer annual broadleaved weeds 230 Field bindweed 230 Goathead/ puncturevine 231 Horseweed 232 Jimsonweed/datura 232 Khakiweed 233 Spurges 234 Hyssop spurge 234 Prostrate spurge 234 Creeping spurge 234 Spotted spurge 234 Pigweed 235 Palmer pigweed 235 Prostrate/low pigweed 235 Tumble pigweed 236 Purslane 236 Russian thistle 237 Winter annual grasses 239 Annual bluegrass 239 Hardgrass 239 Hare barley, wild barley 240 Mediterranean grass 241 Red brome 242 277
Rescue grass 242 Summer annual grasses 243 Crabgrass 243 Cupgrass 244 Goosegrass 245 Grama/6-week grama 245 Liverseed grass 246 Sandbur 247 Perennials 248 Grasses 248 Bermudagrass 248 Dallisgrass 249 Johnsongrass 251 Sedges 252 Green kyllinga 252 Purple nutsedge 253 Yellow nutsedge 253 Broadleaf weeds 255 Dandelion 255 Clover-white 256 Silverleaf nightshade 257 278