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Explore insects and bugs recently identified by our AI-powered field guide.
Orange spider beetle (likely)
*Pseudocneorhinus* sp. (uncertain identification)
Case-bearing moth larva (household casebearer)
Phereoeca uterella
Ant-mimicking spider
Possibly *Myrmarachne* sp. (image too unclear for a reliable species identification)
Bed bug (likely nymph)
Cimex lectularius
Field cricket (likely a juvenile or short-winged female)
Gryllus sp.
Tick (likely a hard tick nymph)
Order Ixodida; exact species cannot be determined from the image
Tick
Unidentified tick (likely a hard tick; family Ixodidae)
Tick
Acari, likely a hard tick (family Ixodidae); species cannot be determined from the photo
Milkweed assassin bug
Zelus longipes
Cockroach nymph
Blattodea; species cannot be determined from the image
Cockroach (likely a dark cockroach nymph)
Blattodea; species cannot be determined from the image
Bed bug
Cimex lectularius
Likely caterpillar (a moth larva)
Lepidoptera larva; species cannot be identified reliably from this photo
Crane fly larva (leatherjacket)
Tipulidae, species undetermined
House centipede
Scutigera coleoptrata
Likely spider beetle
Ptinus sp. (identification uncertain from the distant image)
Likely case-bearing clothes moth larva
Tinea pellionella
Likely imperial moth
Eacles imperialis
Black carpet beetle
Attagenus unicolor
Green sweat bee
Augochlora sp. (likely)
Cockroach nymph
Blattodea; species uncertain from the image
Cockroach
Likely an outdoor cockroach; exact species cannot be determined from the image.
Unidentified insect
Not determinable from the image
Likely a small black ant
Unidentified; possibly a pavement ant (*Tetramorium* species)
Not identifiable from the image
Undetermined
Blue shield bug (blue stink bug)
Likely *Zicrona caerulea*
Long-jawed orb-weaver
Tetragnatha sp.
Cellar spider (daddy-longlegs spider)
Pholcus phalangioides
Soldier fly (likely black soldier fly)
Hermetia illucens
Likely brown marmorated stink bug nymph
Halyomorpha halys
Springtail
Collembola (likely a globular springtail; species not identifiable from the photo)
Two-spotted spider mite
Tetranychus urticae
Unidentifiable from the image
Not determinable
Hoverfly (syrphid fly)
Syrphidae; exact species cannot be determined from the image
Green fruitworm caterpillar (likely)
Likely *Orthosia hibisci*
Likely cutworm caterpillar
Noctuidae, likely a cutworm moth larva; species cannot be determined from the image
House centipede
Scutigera coleoptrata
Likely a cockroach nymph
Uncertain; possibly an oriental cockroach (*Blatta orientalis*) nymph
Cockroach (likely a small household species)
Blattodea; species cannot be determined from the image
Small black beetle (exact species uncertain)
Unidentified; the image does not show enough detail for a reliable species identification
Brown-banded cockroach
Supella longipalpa
Cross orb-weaver (European garden spider)
Araneus diadematus
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