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Explore insects and bugs recently identified by our AI-powered field guide.

Long-legged fly

Likely *Dolichopus* species

Unidentified small beetle

Not identifiable from the photograph

House centipede

Scutigera coleoptrata

Likely bed bug (nymph or adult)

Cimex lectularius

Brown marmorated stink bug nymph

Halyomorpha halys

Spiny-backed orb-weaver (jewel spider)

Likely *Gasteracantha* species

Unidentifiable from image

Not determinable

Not identifiable from the image

Undetermined

Unidentified small beetle (possibly a carpet beetle)

Not identifiable from this image; carpet beetles belong to family Dermestidae

Unidentified small dark insect (image insufficient for reliable identification)

Undetermined

Unidentified small dark insect

Not identifiable from the image

Not an insect; likely animal droppings

Unidentified

Stinging slug caterpillar (likely a limacodid)

Limacodidae sp.; exact species cannot be determined from the image

Cockroach nymph (likely a German cockroach)

Blattella germanica

Springtail (likely a globular springtail)

Collembola; exact species cannot be determined from the image

Cockroach nymph (likely German cockroach)

Blattella germanica

Katydid (long-horned grasshopper)

Tettigoniidae, species uncertain

Likely male southern house spider

Kukulcania hibernalis

Boxelder bug

Boisea trivittata

Pillbug (roly-poly)

Armadillidium vulgare

Ground spider (likely a parson spider)

Herpyllus sp. (identification uncertain from the image)

Oil beetle (blister beetle)

Meloe sp.

Long-bodied cellar spider

Pholcus phalangioides

Possibly a recluse spider

Loxosceles sp.

Possibly a brown recluse spider

Loxosceles reclusa

Cellar spider (daddy-longlegs spider)

Pholcidae; exact species cannot be determined from the photo

Earwig

Likely a common earwig (Forficula auricularia)

Ensign wasp

Evania appendigaster

Earwig (likely a small earwig)

Dermaptera; species uncertain from the image

Leaf-footed bug

Coreidae, likely a species of Leptoglossus

Darkling beetle

Tenebrionidae, genus and species undetermined

Broad-headed bug

Alydus sp.

Woodlouse hunter spider

Dysdera crocata

Spider (exact species unclear)

Araneae, species undetermined

Cellar spider (likely)

Pholcidae; exact species cannot be determined from the photo

Not identifiable from this image

Undetermined

Spiny orb-weaver (likely spiny-backed orb-weaver)

Gasteracantha cancriformis

Leaf-footed bug (likely a nymph)

Coreidae; species cannot be determined from the image

Likely silverfish

Lepisma saccharinum

Silverfish

Likely *Ctenolepisma* species; the photo is not detailed enough for reliable species identification.

Small house spider (exact species uncertain)

Araneae, species undetermined

Likely a tick (possibly a tiny or partially embedded tick); the image is not detailed enough for exact identification.

Unidentified tick; species cannot be determined from the image.

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