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Carpet beetle (adult), likely varied carpet beetle
Anthrenus verbasci
Not identifiable as an insect; likely an insect-bite reaction
Not applicable
No insect visible; likely an insect bite or skin irritation
Not applicable
Field grasshopper (likely a Chorthippus species)
Chorthippus brunneus (probable)
Brown marmorated stink bug nymph (likely)
Halyomorpha halys
Pipevine swallowtail
Battus philenor
Common green grasshopper (likely)
Omocestus viridulus
Katydid (likely a conehead katydid)
Neoconocephalus sp.
Bald-faced hornet (aerial yellowjacket)
Dolichovespula maculata
Broad-headed bark bug
Arhaphe cicindeloides
Black swallowtail butterfly (likely eastern black swallowtail)
Papilio polyxenes
Mosquito bite (likely)
Culicidae spp.
Unidentified tiny arthropod or debris
Cannot be determined from this image
Unclear; likely a small beetle or beetle fragment
Not identifiable from the image
Brown marmorated stink bug
Halyomorpha halys
Likely carpet beetle larva
Anthrenus spp. (identification uncertain from image)
American cockroach (likely; shed exoskeleton)
Periplaneta americana
Conehead katydid (likely slender conehead)
Neoconocephalus sp.
Likely carpet beetle larva
Anthrenus spp. or related dermestid
Pillbug (woodlouse)
Likely *Armadillidium vulgare*
Tick (likely an engorged hard tick)
Ixodidae; species indeterminate from the image
Unidentified small moth or moth case
Not determinable from the photograph
Bed bug (likely a recently fed nymph)
Cimex lectularius
Unidentified tiny mite (possibly a clover mite)
Likely *Bryobia* sp.; image is insufficient for species-level identification
Unidentifiable insect fragment
Indeterminate from image
Unidentified gecko (likely juvenile house gecko)
Hemidactylus sp., possibly Hemidactylus frenatus
No bug visible
Not applicable
No insect visible (baseball)
Not applicable
Rainbow stag beetle (likely)
Phalacrognathus muelleri
Giant stag beetle (likely artificially enlarged model)
Not a real specimen; appearance resembles Prosopocoilus giraffa or a related stag beetle
Golden flower chafer (likely)
Protaetia speciosa (possibly the subspecies P. speciosa cyanochlora)
Golden stag beetle (likely)
Lamprima aurata
Cellar spider (likely long-bodied cellar spider)
Pholcus phalangioides
Long-jawed orb-weaver (likely)
Tetragnatha sp.
Crane fly
Tipulidae spp.
Cross orb-weaver (garden orb-weaver)
Araneus diadematus
Brown-banded cockroach (likely)
Supella longipalpa
Jewel jumping spider
Likely *Siler semiglaucus* (identification from image)
Hoverfly (flower fly), likely a wasp-mimicking species
Syrphidae, genus uncertain from the photograph
Unidentified small beetle or insect remains
Not determinable from the photograph
Jumping spider
Likely family Salticidae; species cannot be confirmed from the image
Varied carpet beetle (likely larva or shed skin)
Anthrenus verbasci
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