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Likely bed bug (based on the clustered itchy bites; insect not visible)
Cimex lectularius
Likely a small tick (possibly a seed tick)
Unidentified; possibly Ixodes species
Green shield bug (likely a stink bug nymph)
Pentatomidae, genus/species uncertain from the image
Field cricket (likely black field cricket)
Gryllus spp.
Unidentified tiny beetle (likely a pantry beetle)
Likely *Tribolium* sp. or another small stored-product beetle; image resolution prevents species-level identification.
Likely German cockroach nymph
Blattella germanica
Darkling beetle (likely stink beetle)
Eleodes sp.
Spittlebug (froghopper), likely a meadow spittlebug
Philaenus spumarius
Flea (tentative identification)
Siphonaptera; likely Ctenocephalides species
Unidentified tiny insect
Cannot be determined from the image
Unidentifiable small insect (image too blurred)
Cannot determine from the photograph
Long-legged fly (probable midge or mosquito-like fly)
Diptera, likely Chironomidae or a related small fly; species cannot be confirmed from this image
Carpet beetle (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Cockroach nymph (likely brown-banded cockroach)
Supella longipalpa
Yellow-striped armyworm (likely)
Spodoptera ornithogalli
Carpet beetle larva
Anthrenus spp. (likely Anthrenus verbasci)
Small dark beetle (likely carpet beetle)
Anthrenus sp. (probable; image resolution limits certainty)
Bed bug
Cimex lectularius
White-marked tussock moth caterpillar
Orgyia leucostigma
Unidentified small beetle (possibly a ground beetle)
Carabidae, genus/species uncertain
Unidentifiable from image
Not determinable
Cockroach nymph (likely German cockroach)
Blattella germanica
Brown-banded cockroach (likely)
Supella longipalpa
Varied carpet beetle (adult)
Anthrenus verbasci
Cockroach nymph (likely German cockroach)
Blattella germanica
Brown-banded cockroach nymph
Supella longipalpa
Likely brown-banded cockroach nymph
Supella longipalpa
Scale insect (likely soft scale nymph)
Uncertain; possibly Coccidae, genus Pulvinaria or a related soft-scale genus
Minute scavenger beetle (likely a feather-winged beetle)
Possibly *Ptiliidae* sp.; species-level identification is not reliable from this image
Wheel bug (likely nymph)
Arilus cristatus
Leaf-footed bug (likely squash bug)
Coreidae, likely Anasa sp.
Wheel bug (likely juvenile)
Arilus cristatus
Varied carpet beetle (adult)
Anthrenus verbasci
Dark-winged fungus gnat (probable)
Sciaridae, likely Bradysia species
Varied carpet beetle (likely larva)
Anthrenus verbasci
Varied carpet beetle larva (likely)
Anthrenus verbasci
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle larva)
Anthrenus verbasci
Fungus gnat larva (likely)
Bradysia spp. (probable)
Ant-mimicking spider (likely an ant spider)
Myrmarachne sp. (tentative; species cannot be confirmed from the image)
Click beetle (likely a darkling- or wood-boring beetle)
Uncertain from the photograph; likely family Elateridae or Tenebrionidae
Green lacewing larva (aphid lion), likely carrying debris
Chrysopidae; species indeterminate
White-lined sphinx moth caterpillar (likely)
Hyles lineata
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