Identify Any Bug in Seconds

Bird Mite (or possibly Rodent Mite)

Ornithonyssus spp. (e.g., Ornithonyssus sylviarum - Northern Fowl Mite)

Masked Hunter Nymph (Dust Bug)

Reduvius personatus

Worker Termite (Subterranean)

Reticulitermes spp.

Not a Bug (Likely Debris/Mineral)

N/A

Booklice (or Barklice)

Liposcelis spp. (Common household genus)

Carpet Beetle Larva

Anthrenus verbasci (commonly the Varied Carpet Beetle)

Thread-legged Bug

Emesinae (subfamily within Reduviidae)

Booklice (or Psocids)

Liposcelis spp. (Common genus for indoor booklice)

Springtail

Collembola (subclass)

Silverfish

Lepisma saccharinum

Common Walkingstick

Diapheromera femorata

Flea Larva

Ctenocephalides felis (most likely) or Ctenocephalides canis

Earthworm (dried specimen)

Lumbricus terrestris

Debris-carrying Lacewing Larva (often called junk bug or trash bug)

Chrysopidae (larvae stage)

Two-lined Walkingstick

Anisomorpha buprestoides

Horsehair Worm (also known as Gordian Worm)

Gordius species (Phylum Nematomorpha)

Silverfish

Lepisma saccharinum

Varied Carpet Beetle (Larva)

Anthrenus verbasci

Unknown/Unidentifiable Insect

Incerta sedis

Earwax (Cerumen)

Cerumen

Earwax Impaction (Not an insect)

Cerumen impaction

Not a bug (Likely burnt sugar, caramel, or debris)

N/A

Sebum Plug / Skin Debris (Not an Insect)

N/A (Biological matter, not an organism)

No identifiable insect present

N/A

Not a bug (Likely Crystalline Substance)

N/A

Lace Bug Nymph (Likely)

Corythucha spp. (most likely genus given general appearance)

Book louse (or Booklice)

Liposcelis spp. (often Liposcelis bostrychophila)

Unknown/Indistinguishable (No insect visible)

N/A

Webbing Clothes Moth

Tineola bisselliella

Unidentifiable Object (Likely debris or fuzz)

N/A

Bloodworm (Midge Fly Larva)

Chironomidae (family)

Carpet Beetle (specifically a Varied Carpet Beetle)

Anthrenus verbasci

Silverfish

Lepisma saccharinum

Mold Mite (also known as Cheese Mite or Grain Mite)

Tyrophagus putrescentiae

Masked Hunter Nymph (Dust Bunny Bug)

Reduvius personatus

Generic organic debris or insect remnant (Likely dried skin, mucus, or larva)

N/A (Indeterminate biological material)

Booklouse

Liposcelis spp. (Typical genus found indoors)

Booklouse

Liposcelis spp.

Springtail

Collembola (subclass)

Booklouse (or Psocid)

Liposcelis spp. (Commonly)

Booklouse (or Psocid)

Liposcelis spp. (Common genus for household booklice)

Human Sebum Plug (Not an insect)

Keratin plug / Comedo