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Springtail (likely globular springtail)
Collembola; exact species cannot be determined from the image
Varied carpet beetle (adult)
Anthrenus verbasci
Flea beetle (likely)
Alticini sp. (genus/species uncertain)
Varied carpet beetle (adult)
Anthrenus verbasci
Jumping spider
Likely Phidippus species (exact identification requires a clearer image)
Booklouse (barklouse)
Liposcelis spp.
Spotted orb-weaver (likely)
Neoscona crucifera
Carpet beetle (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
No identifiable bug visible
Not applicable
No insect visible
Not applicable
Unidentifiable from image; possibly a louse or hair-associated arthropod
Not determinable from the photograph
Not identifiable
Undetermined
No identifiable bug visible
Not determinable from the image
Garden orb-weaver (likely cross orb-weaver)
Araneus diadematus
Long-bodied cellar spider (daddy longlegs)
Pholcus phalangioides
Long-jawed orb-weaver (stretch spider)
Tetragnatha sp.
Small brown moth (likely a pantry moth)
Plodia interpunctella
Masked hunter (likely nymph)
Reduvius personatus
Assassin bug (likely an ambush bug)
Phymata sp.
Drain fly (moth fly)
Psychodidae, likely Clogmia albipunctata
Thrips
Order Thysanoptera; species uncertain from the photo
Varied carpet beetle (likely adult)
Anthrenus verbasci
Case-bearing clothes moth larva (likely)
Tinea pellionella
Yellow-legged stink bug (probable nymph)
Uncertain; likely *Bagrada hilaris* or a related pentatomid
Tick (likely a soft tick or engorged hard tick)
Subclass Acari; species cannot be determined from this image
Bed bug (likely nymph or small adult)
Cimex lectularius
Carpet beetle larval cast skin (likely)
Anthrenus sp. (probable)
Elephant hawk-moth
Deilephila elpenor
No insect visible; likely a foxtail grass seed head
Likely Cenchrus setaceus (syn. Pennisetum setaceum)
Oriental cockroach (likely)
Blatta orientalis
Carpet beetle (adult), likely a varied carpet beetle
Anthrenus verbasci
Harlequin bug
Murgantia histrionica
Cross orb-weaver (European garden spider)
Araneus diadematus
Comb-clawed cobweb spider (likely false widow)
Steatoda sp.
Spotted orb-weaver (probable)
Neoscona crucifera
Likely booklouse (barklouse)
Order Psocoptera; species indeterminate from the image
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Unidentified small beetle (likely carpet beetle)
Anthrenus sp. (probable; image insufficient for species)
Carpet beetle larva (likely)
Anthrenus sp.
Unidentified small beetle (possibly a spider beetle)
Gibbium sp. (tentative)
Yellow houseplant mite (likely broad mite)
Polyphagotarsonemus latus
Unidentified small beetle (image insufficient for species-level ID)
Coleoptera, species undetermined
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