Bug Identifier

Bird Mite or Rodent Mite

Bird Mite or Rodent Mite

Ornithonyssus spp.

Debris or Non-Insect Material (Based on Image Quality)

Debris or Non-Insect Material (Based on Image Quality)

N/A

Head Louse

Head Louse

Pediculus humanus capitis

Skin Flake or Debris (Likely not a bug)

Skin Flake or Debris (Likely not a bug)

N/A

Snow Flea

Snow Flea

Hypogastrura nivicola

Non-insect Artifact (Likely Earwax or Sebum)

Non-insect Artifact (Likely Earwax or Sebum)

Cerumen (for earwax)

Unidentifiable due to image quality

Unidentifiable due to image quality

N/A

Tonsil Stone (Not an insect)

Tonsil Stone (Not an insect)

Tonsillolith

Sebaceous Filament / Keratin Plug (Not an insect)

Sebaceous Filament / Keratin Plug (Not an insect)

N/A (Dermatological debris)

Garden Millipede (Cylindrical Millipede)

Garden Millipede (Cylindrical Millipede)

Julida (Order level identification)

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Nymph)

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Nymph)

Halyomorpha halys

Masked Hunter Nymph (Dust Bug)

Masked Hunter Nymph (Dust Bug)

Reduvius personatus

Tapeworm Segment (Proglottid)

Tapeworm Segment (Proglottid)

Dipylidium caninum (most common in pets)

Silverfish

Silverfish

Lepisma saccharinum

Silverfish

Silverfish

Lepisma saccharinum

Human Skin Flake / Epithelial Cell Aggregate

Human Skin Flake / Epithelial Cell Aggregate

Stratum corneum fragment

Booklouse (or Psocid)

Booklouse (or Psocid)

Liposcelis spp. (Common household genus)

Woolly Aphid

Woolly Aphid

Eriosomatinae (subfamily)

Carpet Beetle (specifically a larva)

Carpet Beetle (specifically a larva)

Anthrenus verbasci (Varied Carpet Beetle) or similar species

Unidentifiable due to image quality

Unidentifiable due to image quality

N/A

Pubic Louse (commonly known as "Crabs")

Pubic Louse (commonly known as "Crabs")

Pthirus pubis

Not a bug/insect (Skin flake or lint debris)

Not a bug/insect (Skin flake or lint debris)

N/A (Inanimate matter)

Tapeworm Segment (Proglottid)

Tapeworm Segment (Proglottid)

Dipylidium caninum (most common species found in pets)

Tapeworm Segment (Proglottid)

Tapeworm Segment (Proglottid)

Dipylidium caninum (most common for household pets)

Bed Bug

Bed Bug

Cimex lectularius

Clover Mite

Clover Mite

Bryobia praetiosa

Bed Bug (nymph casing/molt)

Bed Bug (nymph casing/molt)

Cimex lectularius

Carpet Beetle Larva

Carpet Beetle Larva

Anthrenus verbasci (typically)

Smokeybrown cockroach (nymph)

Smokeybrown cockroach (nymph)

Periplaneta fuliginosa

Rat-tailed Maggot

Rat-tailed Maggot

Eristalis tenax (most common species)

Unidentifiable Blob

Unidentifiable Blob

N/A

Bed Bug

Bed Bug

Cimex lectularius

Silverfish

Silverfish

Lepisma saccharinum

Booklouse (or Psocid)

Booklouse (or Psocid)

Liposcelis spp.

Booklouse (or Psocid)

Booklouse (or Psocid)

Liposcelis spp. (Commonly Liposcelis bostrychophila)

Dust Mite (or possibly a Grain/Mold Mite depending on context)

Dust Mite (or possibly a Grain/Mold Mite depending on context)

Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus or Dermatophagoides farinae

Clothing Moth Larva (or possibly Lint/Debris)

Clothing Moth Larva (or possibly Lint/Debris)

Tineola bisselliella (if a Webbing Clothes Moth)

It is impossible to identify a specific insect from this image

It is impossible to identify a specific insect from this image

N/A

Mold Mite (Tentative Identification due to image quality)

Mold Mite (Tentative Identification due to image quality)

Tyrophagus putrescentiae

Mold Mite (or possibly a Dust Mite)

Mold Mite (or possibly a Dust Mite)

Tyrophagus putrescentiae (common mold mite species) or Dermatophagoides spp. (dust mite)

Debris-Carrying Lacewing Larva (Junk Bug)

Debris-Carrying Lacewing Larva (Junk Bug)

Chrysopidae (family)

Horsehair Worm

Horsehair Worm

Gordius spp. (or generally in the phylum Nematomorpha)

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