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Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci (probable)
Sawfly (likely a horntail sawfly)
Likely *Urocerus* sp. (identification uncertain from image)
Bottle fly (likely a bluebottle fly)
Calliphora vomitoria
Cockroach nymph (likely German cockroach)
Blattella germanica
Jewel stink bug (likely)
Chrysocoris sp., possibly Chrysocoris stolli
Green shield bug (nymph)
Likely *Chinavia* sp. (formerly *Acrosternum*), exact species uncertain from the image
Leaf-footed bug (likely squash bug)
Anasa sp., possibly Anasa tristis
Hoverfly (flower fly), likely a Helophilus species
Helophilus sp. (exact species cannot be confirmed from the image)
Spotted lanternfly
Lycorma delicatula
Yellow-spotted tussock moth caterpillar
Lophocampa maculata
Minute brown scavenger beetle (probable)
Possibly a latridiid beetle, family Latridiidae; species cannot be confirmed from this image
Unidentifiable insect fragment or shed skin
Not determinable from the image
Ant (likely a small household ant)
Formicidae; species uncertain from image
Varied carpet beetle (likely)
Anthrenus verbasci
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Plaster bagworm (household casebearer)
Phereoeca uterella
Silverfish (likely)
Lepisma saccharinum
Tiger moth (likely a lichen moth)
Ectypia sp. (identification uncertain from image)
Indistinguishable small flying insect; possibly a gnat or small fly
Uncertain from the image; likely Diptera, undetermined species
Ground beetle
Carabidae (likely Harpalus or a closely related genus)
Striped lynx spider
Oxyopes salticus
Bed bug
Cimex lectularius
Unidentifiable tiny arthropod (possibly a springtail)
Not determinable from the photograph
Unidentified tiny insect (image insufficient for reliable identification)
Not determinable from the photograph
Hoverfly (flower fly), likely a drone fly
Eristalis tenax
Brown marmorated stink bug (likely)
Halyomorpha halys
Leaf-footed bug (likely western conifer seed bug)
Leptoglossus occidentalis
House centipede (likely)
Scutigera coleoptrata
Red admiral butterfly
Vanessa atalanta
Comma butterfly
Polygonia c-album
Colorado potato beetle (likely larva)
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Whitefly (likely woolly whitefly)
Aleurothrixus floccosus (probable)
Leaf-footed bug (likely a coreid nymph)
Coreidae, genus/species uncertain
Woolly bear caterpillar (likely a giant leopard moth caterpillar)
Hypercompe scribonia (larva)
House spider (likely funnel weaver)
Tegenaria domestica
Unidentifiable from image
Not determinable
Golden orb-weaver (banana spider)
Trichonephila clavipes
Field earwig
Forficula auricularia
Great golden digger wasp
Sphex ichneumoneus
Wheel bug (juvenile)
Arilus cristatus
Spider beetle (likely a smooth spider beetle)
Gibbium aequinoctiale
Flea (tentative identification)
Siphonaptera; likely Ctenocephalides species
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