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Field cricket (likely house or field cricket)
Gryllus spp. (identification uncertain from image)
Unidentifiable fragment (possibly an insect exuvia or debris)
Not determinable from the image
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Blue-black carpenter bee
Xylocopa caerulea (likely)
Cicada (likely a freshly emerged adult)
Cicadidae, genus/species uncertain from the image
Brown-banded cockroach (likely nymph)
Supella longipalpa
White-lined sphinx moth (adult)
Hyles lineata
Cockroach nymph (likely German cockroach)
Blattella germanica
Silverfish (likely firebrat)
Thermobia domestica
White plume moth
Likely *Pterophorus pentadactyla*
Giant swallowtail butterfly
Papilio cresphontes
Mourning cloak butterfly
Nymphalis antiopa
German cockroach nymph
Blattella germanica
Silverfish (likely firebrat)
Ctenolepisma longicaudata (likely; image is not definitive)
Brown-banded cockroach (likely)
Supella longipalpa
Broad-nosed weevil (likely a snout beetle)
Curculionidae, genus/species uncertain from the image
Small brown moth (likely a snout moth)
Uncertain from the photo; likely Pyralidae, possibly a stored-product moth
Orb-weaver spider (likely a garden orb-weaver)
Araneidae, likely genus *Araneus* or *Neoscona*; species cannot be confirmed from the image
Assassin bug (likely wheel bug nymph)
Arilus cristatus
Small beetle (likely carpet beetle adult)
Anthrenus sp.
Likely carpet beetle larva
Anthrenus spp. (tentative)
Indistinct tiny dark arthropod; possibly a small mite
Not determinable from the image
Bed bug (likely nymph or adult fragment)
Cimex lectularius
Bed bug
Cimex lectularius
Indeterminate tiny insect
Not identifiable from this image
Caddisfly larva (case-bearing caddisfly)
Trichoptera, likely Limnephilidae
False widow spider
Steatoda grossa (likely)
Spotted cucumber beetle
Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Predaceous diving beetle (likely a giant water scavenger beetle)
Hydrophilus sp. (identification uncertain from image)
Green lacewing
Likely *Chrysoperla* species
Giant crane fly
Holorusia spp. (likely Holorusia rubiginosa)
Tomato leafminer (likely)
Liriomyza spp.
Caterpillar (likely a cutworm or armyworm)
Noctuidae, likely an unidentified noctuid larva
Hammerhead flatworm (land planarian)
Bipalium sp.
Rove beetle
Staphylinidae (likely an unidentified species)
Small fly (likely fungus gnat)
Likely Sciaridae species; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Booklouse (psocid)
Liposcelis spp.
Likely thrips larva
Order-level identification only; likely Thysanoptera, family Thripidae
Unidentified tiny arthropod, possibly a springtail
Collembola, unidentified species
Not identifiable from the image
Undetermined
Likely head louse egg (nit)
Pediculus humanus capitis
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