Lint / Debris (Not an identification of an insect)

N/A

Unable to Identify

N/A

Human Skin Flakes (Dandruff/Desquamation)

Stratum corneum cells (Keratinocytes)

Not identifiable

N/A

Plaster Bagworm (or Household Casebearer)

Phereoeca uterella

Case-bearing Clothes Moth (specimen likely a larva inside its case)

Tinea pellionella

Skin Flakes / Debris (Not an Insect)

N/A (Inanimate biological material)

Pharaoh Ant

Monomorium pharaonis

Unidentifiable organic debris (Likely crushed insect or earwax/debris)

N/A

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)