Crane Fly Leg
Tipula species
Crane Fly Larva
Tipula spp.
Booklouse (or Psocid)
Liposcelis spp. (Commonly)
Booklice (or Psocids)
Liposcelis spp. (commonly Liposcelis bostrychophila)
Varied Carpet Beetle
Anthrenus verbasci
Household Casebearer (often confused with Plaster Bagworm)
Phereoeca uterella (sometimes referred to as Phereoeca allutella in older texts)
Booklouse (or Psocid)
Liposcelis spp. (Common genus for household booklice)
Case-bearing Clothes Moth (Larva)
Tinea pellionella
Carpet Beetle Larva
Anthrenus verbasci (typically)
Not a bug (Debris/Fragment)
N/A
Silverfish (or related species like Firebrat)
Lepisma saccharina
Household Casebearer (often referred to as Plaster Bagworm)
Phereoeca uterella
Non-Insect Object (Likely a crumb of earwax, hardened sebum, or food debris)
N/A
Lentil Seed
Lens culinaris
Booklouse (or Barklouse)
Liposcelis spp. (Commonly)
Case-bearing Clothes Moth (Larval case)
Tinea pellionella
Flea Larva
Ctenocephalides felis (most common) or Ctenocephalides canis
Planarian (Aquatic Flatworm)
Turbellaria (multiple genera usually involved in common sightings, such as Dugesia)
Head Louse (Nit/Casing)
Pediculus humanus capitis
No identifiable insect present (Likely a skin scab, sebum plug, or foreign debris)
N/A
Not an insect
N/A
Carpet Beetle Larva
Anthrenus verbasci (typically for varied carpet beetle) or Attagenus unicolor (black carpet beetle)
Structure is likely lint, fabric fibers, or debris (Not an insect)
N/A
Masked Hunter Nymph (Dust Bug)
Reduvius personatus
No identifiable insect present
N/A
Masked Hunter Nymph (Tentative Identification)
Reduvius personatus
Unknown / Unidentifiable Specimen
N/A
Silverfish
Lepisma saccharinum
Unknown / Indiscernible
N/A
Unable to confirm insect identity; likely a scabies mite burrow or skin flake
Sarcoptes scabiei (if confirming scabies mite) or N/A
There is no identifiable insect or bug in this image.
N/A
Carpet Beetle Larva
Anthrenus verbasci (most common species, Varied Carpet Beetle)
Winged Ant (Alate)
Formicidae (genus/species varies)
Carpet Beetle Larva
Anthrenus verbasci (and related species)
Cannot Determine
Cannot Determine
Scabies Mite
Sarcoptes scabiei
Case-bearing Clothes Moth Larva
Tinea pellionella
Household Casebearer (often confused with Plaster Bagworm)
Phereoeca uterella or Phereoeca allutella
Not a bug/insect
Homo sapiens (tissue)
Carpet Beetle Larva (likely Varied Carpet Beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci (larval stage)
Household Casebearer (often confused with Plaster Bagworm)
Phereoeca uterella
Dust Mite
Dermatophagoides spp. (Most commonly D. pteronyssinus or D. farinae)