Tiny insects or other arthropods such as aphids, scales, mites.
Please include a Insect/Arthropod ID Request form in separate plastic bag to keep it dry.
For best results, follow these steps:
- Collect specimens in a sealable container (screw-top vial, pill container, etc).
- Add alcohol (rubbing aclohol or isopropyl) to the container to cover the specimen.
- If the sample cannot be collected in a container, clear tape or a sticky trap can be used. Place tape or sticky trap on clear plastic wrap or waxed paper. Please note that using tape or a sticky trap makes diagnosis more difficult as the specimen may have to be pulled off the material for microscopic examination destroying the sample in the process.
- Place the container into a small box and pad the container to keep the specimen from being damaged during transit.
- Ship the sample to the address on the submission form.
PPDC is not a medical facility. We cannot accept samples from a person's or animal's body.