Case-bearing Clothes Moth (Larva/Pupa Case)

Tinea pellionella

Carpet Beetle Larva Casing (Skin)

Anthrenus verbasci (typically Varied Carpet Beetle)

Case-bearing Clothes Moth Larva

Tinea pellionella

Whirligig Mite

Anystis baccarum

Flea Larva

Ctenocephalides felis (or C. canis)

Not a Bug / Debris

N/A

Pharaoh Ant

Monomorium pharaonis

Not a bug (likely Earwax, dried skin, or crystallized resin)

N/A (Cerumen or similar biological/chemical substance)

Bird Mite (or possibly Rodent Mite)

Ornithonyssus spp. (e.g., Ornithonyssus sylviarum - Northern Fowl Mite)

Household Casebearer or Plaster Bagworm

Phereoeca uterella (sometimes referred to as Phereoeca allutella in older texts)

Case-bearing Clothes Moth (Larva)

Tinea pellionella

Chigger (Harvest Mite Larva)

Trombicula spp.

Bed Bug (Nymph or Cast Skin)

Cimex lectularius

Not an insect (likely Sebaceous Filament, Plug, or Scab)

Keratin/Sebum accumulation

Booger / Nasal Mucus (Not likely an insect)

Mucus narium

Woolly Aphid (Wax secretion)

Eriosomatinae (Subfamily)

Non-Biological Material (Likely Dried Skin, Mucus, or Food Residue)

N/A

Plaster Bagworm (or Household Casebearer)

Phereoeca uterella (formerly Phereoeca dubitatrix)

Silverfish

Lepisma saccharinum

Crab Louse (also known as Pubic Louse)

Pthirus pubis

Varied Carpet Beetle

Anthrenus verbasci

Not a bug (Likely Lint or Fiber)

N/A

Bed Bug

Cimex lectularius

Weevil

Sitophilus spp.

Unidentifiable Object/Debris

N/A

Silverfish (Nymph/Young Stage)

Lepisma saccharinum

Carpet Beetle (Larva or Adult - hard to identify definitively due to image quality)

Anthrenus verbasci (Varied Carpet Beetle) or Attagenus unicolor (Black Carpet Beetle)

Case-bearing Clothes Moth (larval case)

Tinea pellionella

Unidentifiable Insect/Arthropod (Due to Image Quality)

N/A

Carpet Beetle (likely Varied Carpet Beetle)

Anthrenus verbasci

Carpet Beetle (likely Black Carpet Beetle)

Attagenus unicolor

Carpet Beetle (Likely Black Carpet Beetle or Varied Carpet Beetle larva)

Attagenus unicolor (Black Carpet Beetle) or Anthrenus verbasci (Varied Carpet Beetle)

Not a bug (Likely Tonsil Stone or Food Debris)

Tonsillolith (if tonsil stone)

Skin cast or Dried skin artifact (Not an insect)

N/A (Biological debris, likely human or pet epidermis/scab)

Not a bug (Debris/Skin Flake)

N/A

Clover Mite

Bryobia proetiosa

Skin Fragment / Human Tissue (Not an Insect)

Homo sapiens (tissue)

Clover Mite

Bryobia praetiosa

Termite

Isoptera (Infraorder)

Lawn Shrimp (also known as Arcitalitrus sylvaticus or Landhopper)

Arcitalitrus sylvaticus

Chigger (Harvest Mite Larva)

Trombicula alfreddugesi (common species in North America)

Sebum Plug (often mistaken for a parasite or skin mite)

Keratin/Sebum Plug (Not an organism)