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Explore insects and bugs recently identified by our AI-powered field guide.
Likely a cockroach nymph
Uncertain; possibly an oriental cockroach (*Blatta orientalis*) nymph
Cockroach (likely a small household species)
Blattodea; species cannot be determined from the image
Small black beetle (exact species uncertain)
Unidentified; the image does not show enough detail for a reliable species identification
Brown-banded cockroach
Supella longipalpa
Cross orb-weaver (European garden spider)
Araneus diadematus
Likely springtails (globular springtails)
Collembola; species cannot be determined from this image
Brown marmorated stink bug
Halyomorpha halys
Leaf-footed bug (likely a coreid nymph)
Coreidae sp.
Bed bug
Cimex lectularius
Thread-legged assassin bug (likely a thread-legged nymph)
Emesinae, genus and species undetermined
Banded burying beetle
Nicrophorus investigator
Likely bed bug
Cimex lectularius
Bed bug
Cimex lectularius
Long-legged spider beetle
Gibbium aequinoctiale
Cellar spider
Pholcidae (likely a short-bodied cellar spider; exact species unclear from the image)
Carpet beetle larva (likely a varied carpet beetle larva)
Anthrenus verbasci
Unknown; likely a small true bug (plant bug)
Not identifiable from this image
Ground beetle
Carabidae, species undetermined
No clearly visible bug
Not determinable from the image
No clearly visible bug; likely a leaf-footed bug nymph (tentative)
Coreidae, possibly Leptoglossus sp.
Earwig
Likely a common earwig, *Forficula auricularia*
Unidentifiable from the image
Not determinable
Broad-headed sharpshooter (likely)
Oncometopia orbona
Masked hunter (assassin bug)
Reduvius personatus
Field cricket (likely a black field cricket)
Gryllus spp., probably Gryllus pennsylvanicus
Flea beetle (likely)
Alticini sp.
Flea (likely cat flea)
Ctenocephalides felis
Booklouse (psocid), likely a barklouse
Order Psocoptera; exact species cannot be determined from the image
Likely silverfish or firebrat (image too indistinct for species-level certainty)
Order Zygentoma; likely Ctenolepisma or Thermobia species
Bed bug (likely an immature or recently fed bed bug)
Cimex lectularius
Bed bug
Cimex lectularius
Small beetle (likely a pantry beetle)
Uncertain from image; possibly *Tribolium* or *Cryptolestes* species
Longhorn beetle (likely a pine sawyer)
Monochamus sp.
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Bed bug (probable)
Cimex lectularius
Likely masked hunter nymph
Reduvius personatus
Giant mesquite bug (juvenile)
Thasus neocalifornicus
Small dark beetle (likely a carpet beetle)
Anthrenus sp.
Earwig
Likely European earwig (Forficula auricularia)
Varied carpet beetle (adult)
Anthrenus verbasci
Leaf-footed bug (likely western conifer seed bug)
Leptoglossus occidentalis
Wheel bug nymph (likely)
Arilus cristatus
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