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Orb-weaver spider (likely barn orb-weaver)
Araneus species, likely Araneus cavaticus
Bristletail (likely jumping bristletail)
Petrobius sp. (identification from the image is approximate)
Ground beetle
Carabidae; exact species unclear from the image
Darkling beetle (likely a mealworm beetle)
Tenebrio sp., possibly Tenebrio molitor
Field cricket (likely a house/field cricket)
Gryllus sp.
Ground beetle
Carabidae, likely an unidentified species
Oriental cockroach (likely)
Blatta orientalis
Predaceous diving beetle (likely a whirligig or diving beetle)
Dytiscidae sp. (identification uncertain from image)
Ground beetle (likely a black carabid)
Carabidae sp.
Unidentifiable small beetle (possibly a carpet beetle)
Anthrenus sp. (tentative)
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Brown-banded cockroach nymph (likely)
Supella longipalpa
Monarch caterpillar (monarch larva)
Danaus plexippus
Milkweed bug (likely large milkweed bug)
Oncopeltus fasciatus
Masked hunter (assassin bug) nymph
Reduvius personatus
Unidentifiable from image
Not determinable; the insect is too small and out of focus
Bumblebee (likely a carpenter bee)
Xylocopa spp. (probable; image is too blurred for species-level certainty)
Black aphid (likely)
Aphididae sp.
Case-bearing clothes moth larva (likely)
Tinea pellionella
Flea (likely cat flea)
Ctenocephalides felis
Bed bug (likely a recently fed adult or nymph)
Cimex lectularius
Earwig (likely a young earwig)
Order Dermaptera; exact species cannot be confirmed from the image
Varied carpet beetle larva (likely)
Anthrenus sp.
Velvet mite (likely red velvet mite)
Trombidium sp.
Fungus gnat (likely adult)
Family Sciaridae; species cannot be determined from this image
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle larva)
Anthrenus verbasci
German cockroach nymph (likely)
Blattella germanica
Likely flea (photo too indistinct for certainty)
Order Siphonaptera; species undetermined
Brown marmorated stink bug
Halyomorpha halys
German cockroach nymph
Blattella germanica
Unclear; likely debris rather than an identifiable insect
Not determinable from the image
Spider beetle (probable)
Ptinus sp.
Carpet beetle larva (likely)
Anthrenus spp. or related dermestid
Bed bug (likely nymph)
Cimex lectularius
Unidentifiable moth or moth fragment
Not determinable from the image
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Small spider (likely house spider)
Unidentified; possibly *Parasteatoda* or *Steatoda* species
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Varied carpet beetle (likely larvae or shed skins)
Anthrenus verbasci
Oleander aphid (milkweed aphid)
Aphis nerii
Jumping spider
Likely *Phidippus* species, possibly a bold or related jumping spider
Leaf-footed bug
Leptoglossus species (likely Leptoglossus occidentalis)
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