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Explore insects and bugs recently identified by our AI-powered field guide.
Springtail
Collembola (likely a globular springtail)
Likely booklouse (barklouse)
Psocoptera; species cannot be determined from the image
Likely carpet beetle larva
Anthrenus sp. (uncertain)
Springtail
Likely a slender springtail (order Collembola; exact species cannot be determined from the image)
Springtail
Collembola (species undetermined)
Woodlouse hunter spider
Dysdera crocata
Spiny-backed orb-weaver (also called the spiny orb-weaver)
Gasteracantha cancriformis
Unidentified flying insect
Not identifiable from the image
Cellar spider (likely a short-bodied cellar spider)
Physocyclus globosus
Jumping spider
Likely *Pseudeuophrys lanigera* (wall jumping spider); the image is too blurry for confident species identification.
Cellar spider (daddy-longlegs spider)
Pholcus phalangioides
Jumping spider
Likely a bold jumping spider (*Phidippus audax*)
Pseudoscorpion (book scorpion)
Likely *Chelifer cancroides*
Puss caterpillar (southern flannel moth larva)
Megalopyge opercularis
Long-bodied cellar spider (daddy longlegs spider)
Pholcus phalangioides
Assassin bug nymph (likely a masked hunter)
Reduvius personatus
Harvestman (daddy longlegs)
Order Opiliones; likely a long-legged harvestman, species uncertain from the image
Cross orb-weaver (European garden spider)
Araneus diadematus
Cross orb-weaver (European garden spider)
Araneus diadematus
Cellar spider (possibly a short-bodied cellar spider)
Pholcidae; species cannot be determined from the photo
Harvestman (daddy longlegs)
Likely *Leiobunum* species
Bark-mimicking jumping spider
Likely *Portia* sp.
Cellar spider (likely a short-bodied cellar spider)
Physocyclus globosus
Cross orb-weaver (European garden spider)
Araneus diadematus
Likely a black carpet beetle adult
Attagenus unicolor
Probably a spider beetle
Possibly Ptinus sp. (identification uncertain from the photo)
Small house spider (likely cobweb spider)
Unidentified; possibly a species in Theridiidae
Inchworm (geometer moth caterpillar)
Geometridae, species undetermined
Yellowjacket wasp (likely)
Vespula sp.
Ground beetle (likely a small seed-eating ground beetle)
Carabidae; exact species cannot be determined from the image
Black-and-white ant (likely a velvet ant)
Uncertain from the image; possibly a female velvet ant in the genus Dasymutilla
Ant-mimicking jumping spider
Likely *Myrmarachne* species (identification uncertain from the photo)
No bug identifiable
Not determinable from the image
Likely carpet beetle adult
Anthrenus sp. (uncertain from the image)
Carpet beetle (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Ant (likely a small household ant)
Formicidae; species cannot be determined from the image
Likely carpet beetle larva
Anthrenus sp. (tentative)
Springtail
Likely a globular springtail (Collembola); species cannot be determined from the photo.
Carpet beetle (adult)
Likely a varied carpet beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)
Fungus gnat
Likely *Bradysia* species
Possible drugstore beetle (biscuit beetle)
Stegobium paniceum
Likely fungus gnat
Bradysia spp. (tentative identification)
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