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Small Black Dung Beetle
Onthophagus taurus
Long-horned Bee
Eucera species (Tribe Eucerini)
Unidentifiable (likely squashed specimen/organic residue)
Uncertain (resembles remnants of Hemiptera or Gastropoda)
Unidentifiable Debris / Potential Insect Remnant
N/A (Indeterminate)
Flea
Siphonaptera (e.g., Ctenocephalides felis)
Debris-carrying Lacewing Larva (Junk Bug / Trash Bug)
Family Chrysopidae (e.g., Leucochrysa or Ceraeochrysa species)
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Halyomorpha halys
Planthopper Nymph (Issid Planthopper)
Family Issidae (e.g., Thionia or Acanalonia species)
Bed bug
Cimex lectularius
Bed bug (Nymph)
Cimex lectularius
Black Carpet Beetle
Attagenus unicolor
Boxelder Bug
Boisea trivittata
Varied Carpet Beetle
Anthrenus verbasci
Cat Flea / Dog Flea
Ctenocephalides felis (or Ctenocephalides canis)
Dog Roundworm (infesting animal feces)
Toxocara canis
Unidentifiable specimen (appears to be a smear, stain, or crushed organic debris)
N/A (No identifiable insect features present)
Non-insect / Foam bubbles in liquid
N/A (Not an insect)
No insect present (Yeast or organic residue in liquid)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (if yeast)
Not an insect (Inanimate debris or potential leech/slug specimen)
Uncertain / Non-biological debris
Unidentifiable (No bug present)
N/A
Unidentifiable (Non-insect debris or Organic Matter)
N/A
Non-Insect Debris / Unidentifiable Object
N/A
Not an Insect (Organic/Inorganic Debris)
N/A
Unidentifiable organic material (Not an insect)
Non-insect / Unknown
Unidentifiable (Non-insect matter or debris)
N/A
Woodlouse Spider
Dysdera crocata
Spotted Orbweaver / Barn Spider
Neoscona crucifera
Carpet Beetle (Varied or Black Carpet Beetle larva/adult)
Family Dermestidae (e.g., Anthrenus verbasci or Attagenus unicolor)
Unidentifiable (likely non-insect organic matter or debris)
N/A
Unidentifiable organic/inanimate debris (Not an insect)
Non-insect material
Dirt-colored seed bug
Rhyparochromidae (e.g., Xanthochilus saturnius or Rhyparochromus vulgaris)
Dirt-colored Seed Bug
Rhyparochromidae (e.g., Xanthochilus saturnius or Rhyparochromus vulgaris)
Cicada exuvia (Cicada nymph shell)
Family Cicadidae
Minute Brown Scavenger Beetle
Family Latridiidae (e.g., Cartodere / Dienerella species)
Flower Longhorn Beetle
Anoplodera sexguttata
Triangulate Cobweb Spider
Steatoda triangulosa
Black Garden Ant
Lasius niger
Damsel Bug
Nabis sp.
Bed Bug
Cimex lectularius
Cicada Exuviae (Cicada Shell / Molt)
Cicadidae (family)
Ground Beetle
Harpalus pensylvanicus (Pennsylvania Ground Beetle)
American Giant Millipede
Narceus americanus
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