Case-bearing Clothes Moth (Larva)

Tinea pellionella

Not an insect (Likely dried fruit, resin, or earwax)

N/A

Unidentifiable Organic Matter (Not clearly an insect)

N/A

Earwax (Cerumen)

N/A (Biological Substance)

Not a Bug (Scab or Blood Spot)

N/A (Biological/Medical residue)

Drugstore Beetle

Stegobium paniceum

Drugstore Beetle (often mistaken for Cigarette Beetle)

Stegobium paniceum

Bed Bug

Cimex lectularius

Not an Insect (Likely Earwax or Dried Material)

Cerumen (if earwax)

Bed Bug

Cimex lectularius

Scabies Mite

Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis

Unidentifiable organic matter or debris (Inconclusive)

N/A

Earwax (Cerumen) Particle

Cerumen

Not a bug (likely food crumb, resin, or earwax)

N/A

Plaster Bagworm (larval case)

Phereoeca uterella

Unidentifiable Debris / Smushed Insect Material

N/A

Case-bearing Clothes Moth Larva

Tinea pellionella

Unidentifiable Debris / Non-Insect Material

N/A

Earwax (Cerumen)

Cerumen

Earwax / Cerumen (Not a Bug)

Cerumen

Bed Bug (Likely Nymph or Female)

Cimex lectularius

Demodex Mite (Face Mite)

Demodex folliculorum or Demodex brevis

Not a Bug (Likely Earwax or Resin)

N/A

Household Casebearer (also known as the Phereoeca uterella or Plaster Bagworm)

Phereoeca uterella

Louse Nit or Head Louse Casing (likely)

Pediculus humanus capitis

Booklouse (or Psocid)

Liposcelis spp.

Drain Fly Larva (sometimes improperly called Moth Fly Larva)

Clogmia albipunctata (most common urban species)

Unidentifiable Insect / Stain (Likely not a bug)

N/A

Subterranean Termite (Alate/Swarmer)

Reticulitermes flavipes

Junk Bug (or Lacewing Larva)

Chrysopidae (family)

Unidentifiable Debris / Not an Insect

N/A

Subterranean Termite Alates (Swarmer)

Reticulitermes flavipes

Termite Alate (Swarmer)

Reticulitermes flavipes (common species)

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Halyomorpha halys

Bird Mite (also known as Rodent Mite or Nest Mite)

Ornithonyssus spp. (e.g., Ornithonyssus sylviarum or Ornithonyssus bursa)

Not a bug (Likely debris/residue)

N/A

Flat-backed Millipede (Greenhouse Millipede)

Oxidus gracilis

Carpet Beetle Larva

Anthrenus verbasci (commonly encountered species)

Carpet Beetle Larva

Anthrenus verbasci (typically)

Bed Bug (remains/debris)

Cimex lectularius

Tapeworm Segment (Proglottid)

Dipylidium caninum (most common species in pets)

Bed Bug

Cimex lectularius