Identify Any Bug in Seconds

Not a Bug (Likely Skin Flake or Debris)

N/A (Inanimate Object)

Not a Bug (Likely Debris/Scab/Dried Substance)

N/A

Household Casebearer or Plaster Bagworm

Phereoeca uterella (formerly Phereoeca dubitatrix)

Rat-tailed Maggot (Larva of a Drone Fly)

Eristalis tenax (larval stage)

Springtail

Collembola

Pseudoscorpion

Chelifer cancroides (most common house species)

American Giant Millipede

Narceus americanus

Horsehair Worm (also known as Gordian Worm)

Nematomorpha (Phylum)

Varied Carpet Beetle

Anthrenus verbasci

Unidentifiable Object/Debris (Likely not an insect)

N/A

Antlion (Larva), also known as a Doodlebug

Myrmeleontidae (family)

Head Louse

Pediculus humanus capitis

Masked Hunter (Nymph stage)

Reduvius personatus

Lint or Fiber Clump

N/A (Non-living object)

Head Louse

Pediculus humanus capitis

Pine Needle Gall Midge

Thecodiplosis japonensis

Piedmont shield bug (Nymph/Naiad variant)

Acanthosomatidae (likely Elasmucha species)

Head louse

Pediculus humanus capitis

German Cockroach (nymph)

Blattella germanica

Drain Fly Larva (also known as Moth Fly Larva or Sewer Gnat Larva)

Psychodidae (Family) - often Clogmia albipunctata

Fungus Gnat Larva

Sciaridae (family)

Scab / Debris (Not an insect)

N/A

Case-bearing Clothes Moth (Larval Case)

Tinea pellionella

Carpet Beetle Larva (Shed skin/exuviae)

Anthrenus verbasci (likely Varied Carpet Beetle)

Webbing Clothes Moth Larva (specifically the casing)

Tineola bisselliella

Fruit Fly Larva

Drosophila melanogaster (most common species)

Unknown/Indeterminate (likely skin flakes or debris)

N/A

Green Lacewing Eggs (Stalked Eggs)

Chrysoperla spp. (e.g., Chrysoperla carnea)

Household Casebearer (often confused with Plaster Bagworm)

Phereoeca uterella (sometimes referred to as Phereoeca allutella in older texts)

Varied Carpet Beetle

Anthrenus verbasci

Bird Mite (specifically, likely the Northern Fowl Mite or Chicken Mite in an immature or dehydrated state)

Ornithonyssus sylviarum or Dermanyssus gallinae

Indian Meal Moth Larva (Pantry Moth Larva)

Plodia interpunctella

Unidentified Debris/Stain (Not an Insect)

N/A

Snow Flea (Springtail)

Hypogastrura nivicola

Booklouse (or Psocid)

Liposcelis spp. (Commonly)

Booklouse (or Psocid)

Liposcelis spp. (Commonly)

Booklice (or Psocids)

Liposcelis spp. (Commonly L. bostrychophila or L. entomophila)

Not an Insect (Likely Skin Debris/Scabs/Lint)

N/A (Non-living organic and inorganic matter)

Slug (Potential Egg or Slime Trail)

Gastropoda (Class)

Flea Larva

Ctenocephalides felis (most likely common household species, Cat Flea)

Grain Mite (or Flour Mite)

Acarus siro

Sawtoothed Grain Beetle

Oryzaephilus surinamensis