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Pill bug (woodlouse)
Armadillidium vulgare
Unidentified small fly or winged insect
Not reliably identifiable from the image
Carpet beetle larva (likely black carpet beetle)
*Attagenus* sp., likely *Attagenus unicolor*
Varied carpet beetle (adult)
Anthrenus verbasci
Unidentified tiny beetle or mite fragment
Not determinable from the photograph
Carpet beetle larval skin (likely)
Anthrenus sp. (tentative)
Cockroach nymph (likely brown-banded cockroach)
Supella longipalpa
Possible bed bug (crushed)
Cimex lectularius
Tussock moth caterpillar
Likely Orgyia spp. (identification uncertain from image)
White crab spider
Thomisus sp. (likely Thomisus spectabilis)
Common wood-nymph butterfly
Cercyonis pegala
Long-jawed orb-weaver spider
Tetragnatha sp.
White-marked tussock moth caterpillar
Orgyia leucostigma
White-haired caterpillar (likely tussock moth caterpillar)
Uncertain from image; possibly Orgyia spp.
Caddisfly larva (case-bearing caddisfly)
Trichoptera; likely Limnephilidae or related family
Green lacewing
Chrysopidae (likely Chrysoperla species)
Jumping spider (likely a flower/ghost spider)
Uncertain from the image; likely family Salticidae
Io moth caterpillar
Automeris io
Bristle millipedes (likely greenhouse millipedes)
Polyxenus lagurus (probable identification)
Bristletail (likely a jumping bristletail)
Likely Petrobius sp. (identification uncertain from the image)
Unidentified grasshopper or katydid
Orthoptera, likely Acrididae or Tettigoniidae; species undetermined
Plume moth (likely a white plume moth)
Pterophorus pentadactyla
Brown recluse spider (likely)
Loxosceles reclusa
Assassin bug (likely wheel bug nymph)
Arilus cristatus
Likely broad-nosed weevil
Curculionidae; species uncertain from the image
Brown marmorated stink bug (likely)
Halyomorpha halys
Flea (likely cat flea)
Ctenocephalides felis
Carpet beetle (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Bark scorpion (likely)
Centruroides sp.
Carpet beetle (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Tobacco hornworm
Manduca sexta
Flat-backed millipede
Likely Apheloria species (identification from image only)
Leaf-footed bug
Leptoglossus spp. (likely a coreid nymph)
No identifiable bug visible
Not applicable
White-marked tussock moth caterpillar
Orgyia leucostigma (likely)
Likely Anna’s hummingbird
Calypte anna
Unidentifiable small household insect (possibly a booklouse or springtail)
Not determinable from the image
Black swallowtail caterpillar
Papilio polyxenes (likely)
Small beetle (likely carpet beetle adult)
Likely Anthrenus spp. or Attagenus spp.; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Bed bug
Cimex lectularius
Carpet beetle (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Broad-nosed weevil (probable)
Curculionidae, genus/species uncertain
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