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Crane fly
Tipulidae spp.
Cross orb-weaver (garden orb-weaver)
Araneus diadematus
Brown-banded cockroach (likely)
Supella longipalpa
Jewel jumping spider
Likely *Siler semiglaucus* (identification from image)
Hoverfly (flower fly), likely a wasp-mimicking species
Syrphidae, genus uncertain from the photograph
Unidentified small beetle or insect remains
Not determinable from the photograph
Jumping spider
Likely family Salticidae; species cannot be confirmed from the image
Varied carpet beetle (likely larva or shed skin)
Anthrenus verbasci
No insect visible
Not applicable
Varied carpet beetle larva (likely)
Anthrenus verbasci
Wolf spider
Lycosidae (likely *Hogna* or a related genus)
False widow spider (likely noble false widow)
Steatoda nobilis
Black-and-yellow cucumber beetle
Likely *Acalymma vittatum*
Fungus gnat larva and pupal cases (likely)
Bradysia spp. (tentative)
Unidentified small debris; possibly insect or larval casing
Indeterminate from image
Ground beetle (likely a seed or carabid beetle)
Carabidae, likely Harpalinae (species uncertain from image)
Fishing spider (likely dark fishing spider)
Dolomedes tenebrosus
Hangingfly
Bittacus species (likely Bittacus sp.)
Crane fly
Tipula sp. (likely Tipula paludosa group)
Jerusalem cricket (likely)
Stenopelmatus sp.
Long-jawed orb-weaver spider
Tetragnatha sp.
Lacewing larva (aphid lion)
Chrysopidae, likely *Chrysoperla* species
Green shield bug (green stink bug)
Likely *Nezara viridula*
Assassin bug nymph (likely wheel-bug or related reduviid)
Reduviidae, genus/species uncertain
Small weevil (likely acorn or seed weevil)
Curculionidae, likely Curculio species
Cockchafer or June beetle (likely)
Phyllophaga sp.
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Likely bed bug (crushed specimen)
Cimex lectularius
Springtails (likely)
Collembola; exact species cannot be determined from this image
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Bed bug (likely shed skin or crushed specimen)
Cimex lectularius
Unidentifiable from image; likely debris or an insect casing
Not determinable
Varied carpet beetle larva or shed skin
Anthrenus verbasci (likely)
Masked hunter (juvenile)
Reduvius personatus
Unclear; likely a small beetle or cockroach nymph
Not identifiable from this image
Globular springtail (likely)
Dicyrtomina sp. (tentative)
Minute pirate bug (flower bug), likely
Orius sp.
Flea beetle (likely)
Alticini (genus/species indeterminate)
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
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