Editing Utah (section)

====Invertebrates====
[[File:Latrodectus hesperus (F Theridiidae).jpg|thumb|right|Western black widow spider]]
{{main|List of arachnids of Utah|List of butterflies and moths of Utah|List of mollusks of Utah}}

Utah is host to a wide variety of [[arachnid]]s, [[insect]]s, [[mollusk]]s, and other [[invertebrate]]s. Arachnids include the [[Centruroides exilicauda|Arizona bark scorpion]],<ref name="usu-scorpion-facts">{{cite web|url=http://extension.usu.edu/files/publications/factsheet/ENT-68-08.pdf|title=Utah Pests Fact Sheet: Scorpions|publisher=[[Utah State University]] Extension Service|access-date=May 22, 2017|archive-date=May 22, 2017|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6qe6jAaLp?url=http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1947|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Latrodectus hesperus|Western black widow spiders]],<ref name="nhmu-bugs">{{cite web|url=https://nhmu.utah.edu/bugs-utah|title=Bugs of Utah|publisher=[[Natural History Museum of Utah]]|access-date=May 20, 2017|archive-date=July 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701201747/https://nhmu.utah.edu/bugs-utah|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Xysticus discursans|crab spiders]],<ref name="nmsu-entelegynae-page-3">{{cite web|url=http://aces.nmsu.edu/academics/spiders/entelegynes3.html|title=The Spiders of the Arid Southwest - Taxonomic Section - Entelegynae (page 3)|publisher=[[New Mexico State University]] College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences|access-date=May 22, 2017|archive-date=November 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126145033/http://aces.nmsu.edu/academics/spiders/entelegynes3.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[hobo spider]]s (''Tegenaria agrestis''),<ref name="usu-top-20-arachnids">{{cite web|url=http://utahpests.usu.edu/uppdl/htm/top-20-arachnids|title=Top 20 Arachnids|publisher=[[Utah State University]] Extension Service|access-date=May 22, 2017|archive-date=May 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521052156/http://utahpests.usu.edu/uppdl/htm/top-20-arachnids|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Pholcus phalangioides|cellar spiders]], [[Agelenopsis|American grass spiders]], [[woodlouse spider]]s.<ref name="nhmu-bugs"/> Several spiders found in Utah are often mistaken for the [[brown recluse spider]], including the [[Loxosceles deserta|desert recluse spider]] (found only in [[Washington County, Utah|Washington County]]), the cellar spider, and [[Southern house spider|crevice weaving spiders]].<ref name="usuext 20 arachnids">{{cite web |url=https://extension.usu.edu/pests/uppdl/top-20-arachnids |title=Top 20 Arachnids |publisher=[[Utah State University]] Extension Office |access-date=March 15, 2021 |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129051733/https://extension.usu.edu/pests/uppdl/top-20-arachnids |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ksl recluse 20151010">{{cite news |url=https://www.ksl.com/article/36882486/5-of-the-most-common-spiders-in-utah |title=5 of the most common spiders in Utah |date=October 10, 2015 |first=Natalie |last=Crofts |work=[[KSL-TV]] |access-date=March 15, 2021 |archive-date=March 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316004147/https://www.ksl.com/article/36882486/5-of-the-most-common-spiders-in-utah |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="desnews 19921125">{{cite web |url=https://www.deseret.com/1992/11/25/19018756/arachnophobia-or-not-utahns-should-look-upon-spiders-as-friends |title=Arachnophobia or not, Utahns should look upon spiders as friends |date=November 25, 1992 |first=Larry A. |last=Sagers |work=[[Deseret News]] |access-date=March 15, 2021 |archive-date=March 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210316004511/https://www.deseret.com/1992/11/25/19018756/arachnophobia-or-not-utahns-should-look-upon-spiders-as-friends |url-status=live }}</ref>  The brown recluse spider has not been officially confirmed in Utah {{as of|2020|06|alt=as of summer 2020}}.<ref name="usuext summer 2020">{{cite web |url=https://extension.usu.edu/pests/files/up-newsletter/2020/UtahPestsNews-summer20.pdf |title=Murder Hornet Madness |date=2020 |issue=Summer |quote=And finally, false reports of brown recluse spiders incite fear in Utah residents (only the desert recluse spider, found in Washington County, exists in Utah). |page=7 |publisher=[[Utah State University]] Extension Office |access-date=March 15, 2021 |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115151806/https://extension.usu.edu/pests/files/up-newsletter/2020/UtahPestsNews-summer20.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

One of the rarest insects in Utah is the [[Cicindela albissima|Coral Pink Sand Dunes tiger beetle]], found only in [[Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park]], near [[Kanab, Utah|Kanab]].<ref name="usfws-tiger-beetle">{{cite web|url=https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp0/profile/speciesProfile?spcode=I0EW |title=Species Profile for Coral Pink Sand Dunes tiger beetle (Cicindela albissima) |publisher=[[United States Fish and Wildlife Service]] |access-date=May 18, 2017 |archive-date=May 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525081829/https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp0/profile/speciesProfile?spcode=I0EW |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was proposed in 2012 to be listed as a threatened species,<ref name="2012 tiger beetle proposal">{{cite web|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-10-02/pdf/2012-23741.pdf |title=Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Threatened Status for Coral Pink Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle and Designation of Critical Habitat; Proposed Rule |date=October 2, 2012 |access-date=May 18, 2017 |publisher=[[National Archives and Records Administration]] |archive-date=May 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525081830/https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-10-02/pdf/2012-23741.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> but the proposal was not accepted.<ref name="2012 tiger beetle withdrawal">{{cite web|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-10-02/pdf/2013-23165.pdf |title=Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Withdrawal of the Proposed Rule To List Coral Pink Sand Dunes Tiger Beetle and Designate Critical Habitat; Proposed Rule |date=October 2, 2013 |access-date=May 18, 2017 |publisher=[[National Archives and Records Administration]] |archive-date=May 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506184803/https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-10-02/pdf/2013-23165.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Other insects include [[Melanoplus sanguinipes|grasshoppers]],<ref name="usu-grasshoppers">{{cite web|url=http://vegetableguide.usu.edu/insects/cucurbits-melon/grasshoppers|title=Grasshoppers|publisher=[[Utah State University]] Extension Services|access-date=May 22, 2017|archive-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106154353/http://vegetableguide.usu.edu/insects/cucurbits-melon/grasshoppers|url-status=live}}</ref> [[green stink bug]]s,<ref name="usu-stinkbugs">{{cite web|url=http://vegetableguide.usu.edu/insects/tomato-pepper-eggplant/stink-bugs|title=Stink Bugs|publisher=[[Utah State University]] Extension Service|access-date=May 22, 2017|archive-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106154439/http://vegetableguide.usu.edu/insects/tomato-pepper-eggplant/stink-bugs|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[Army cutworm]],<ref name="usu-potato-cutworm">{{cite web|url=http://vegetableguide.usu.edu/insects/potato/cutworms|title=Cutworms|publisher=[[Utah State University]] Extension Services|access-date=May 22, 2017|archive-date=November 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106154408/http://vegetableguide.usu.edu/insects/potato/cutworms|url-status=live}}</ref> the [[monarch butterfly]],<ref name="butterfly-site-utah">{{cite web|url=http://www.thebutterflysite.com/utah-butterflies.shtml|title=List of Butterflies of Utah|publisher=The Butterfly Site|access-date=May 20, 2017|archive-date=June 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615131854/http://www.thebutterflysite.com/utah-butterflies.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Speyeria mormonia|Mormon fritillary butterfly]].<ref name="butterfly-site-utah"/> The [[Hyles lineata|white-lined sphinx]] moth is common to most of the United States, but there have been reported outbreaks of large groups of their larvae damaging tomato, grape and garden crops in Utah.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Hyles-lineata|title=White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineata (Fabricius, 1775) {{!}} Butterflies and Moths of North America|website=www.butterfliesandmoths.org|language=en|access-date=November 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821125506/https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Hyles-lineata|archive-date=August 21, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Four or five species of [[firefly]] are also found across the state.<ref name="daily herald fireflies">{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/south/spanish-fork/spanish-fork-resident-shows-off-fireflies-for-community/article_ec3dfc61-d033-559b-8889-34b8e2caeca1.html |title=Spanish Fork resident shows off fireflies for community |first=Katie |last=England |date=June 10, 2018 |work=[[Daily Herald (Utah)|The Daily Herald]] |access-date=March 15, 2021 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612203739/https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/south/spanish-fork/spanish-fork-resident-shows-off-fireflies-for-community/article_ec3dfc61-d033-559b-8889-34b8e2caeca1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In February 2009, [[Africanized honeybee]]s were found in southern Utah.<ref>[http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/africanized_bees_found_in_utah.html African bees found in Utah for the first time] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160912145440/http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/02/africanized_bees_found_in_utah.html |date=September 12, 2016 }}. Associated Press. February 12, 2009</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ag.utah.gov/news/africanmainpage.html |title=Utah Department of Agriculture and Food |publisher=Ag.utah.gov |access-date=October 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020154420/http://ag.utah.gov/news/africanmainpage.html |archive-date=October 20, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The bees had spread into eight counties in Utah, as far north as [[Grand County, Utah|Grand]] and [[Emery County, Utah|Emery]] counties by May 2017.<ref name="ksl 20170518">{{cite news |url=http://www.ksl.com/?sid=44294722&nid=148&title=killer-bees-now-documented-in-8-utah-counties |title=Killer bees now documented in 8 Utah counties |date=May 18, 2017 |first=Becky |last=Wright |work=[[KSL-TV]] |access-date=May 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520212841/http://www.ksl.com/?sid=44294722&nid=148&title=killer-bees-now-documented-in-8-utah-counties |archive-date=May 20, 2017}}</ref>