Aquatic Insect

Non-insect Debris (Likely skin flake or scab)

N/A

Skin Beetle Larva hair / Hastisetae

Anthrenus spp. or Attagenus spp. (setae)

Long-legged fly

Dolichopodidae (family)

Plaster Bagworm (or Household Casebearer)

Phereoeca uterella

Ground Beetle

Carabidae (family)

Booklouse

Psocoptera (various genera, e.g., Liposcelis)

Bed Bug Casing (Exoskeleton/Shell)

Cimex lectularius (shed exuvia of)

Non-insect Artifact (Likely Earwax or Sebum)

Cerumen (for earwax)

Not a Bug/Insect (Likely Food Crumb, Wax, or Debris)

N/A

Mealybug / Scale Insect Nymph (Crawl stage)

Pseudococcidae (Family level)

Not a Bug/Insect (Likely Skin Flakes or Debris)

N/A (Biological Detritus)

Not a bug/insect (Likely skin flake, dried debris, or crystalline substance)

N/A

Not a bug/insect (Likely dried debris, semi-solid residue, or inorganic material)

N/A

Non-insect material (likely a skin fragment or debris)

N/A

Insignificant/Non-insect object (likely skin flake or dried residue)

N/A

Not an Insect (Likely Sebum Plug or Skin Flake)

N/A (Biological debris)

Not a bug/insect (Likely Earwax or Dried Residue)

Non-Applicable

Not a bug/insect (Likely Earwax or Dried Secretion)

N/A

Non-insect material (likely textile fiber or hair)

N/A

Not an insect/bug; likely textile fibers or dust under magnification

N/A

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

N/A

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

N/A (Inanimate matter)

Not a bug/insect (Likely lint, fiber, or debris)

N/A

Not a bug/insect (Likely Dried Earwax or Human Skin Flake)

N/A (Biological Debris)

Non-Insect Object (Likely a crumb of earwax, hardened sebum, or food debris)

N/A

Hard Scale insect (protective waxy covering)

Family Diaspididae / Coccidae

Non-insect material (likely synthetic fiber or lint)

N/A

Not a bug/insect (Likely dried adhesive, food residue, or mucus)

N/A

Unknown Organic Debris / Possible Insect Fragment

N/A

Non-Insect Debris (Earwax or Dried Sebum)

Cerumen (for earwax)

Not a bug/insect (Mica Flake/Mineral Shard)

N/A (Inorganic Material)

Not an Insect (Likely mucus, dried glue, or bodily fluid)

N/A

Not a Bug/Insect (Likely Dried Mucus, Gel, or Dead Skin)

N/A

Debris / Non-Insect Material (Likely Earwax or Crumb)

N/A (Inorganic or Organic Detritus)

Dried Insect Larva or Skin (likely Carpet Beetle Larva or moth larva)

Anthrenus verbasci (if Carpet Beetle) or Tineola bisselliella (if Clothes Moth)

Plaster Bagworm (or Household Casebearer)

Phereoeca uterella

Earwig

Forficula auricularia (Common European earwig, but there are many species)

Earwig

Forficula auricularia (Common European Earwig is one prevalent species)

Debris-Carrying Lacewing Larva (often called Trash Bug or Junk Bug)

Chrysopidae (Family level, specifically larvae of certain genera like Ceraeochrysa)

Carpenter Ant

Camponotus spp.

Booklice (or Psocids)

Liposcelis spp. (Commonly L. bostrychophila or L. entomophila)

Household Casebearer (often confused with Plaster Bagworm)

Phereoeca uterella (or closely related Phereoeca allutella)