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Dog Tick (Engorged)

Dermacentor variabilis (likely species for common dog ticks)

Not an Insect - Skin Lesion (Seborrheic Keratosis likely)

Seborrheic Keratosis

Cricket

Gryllidae (family)

Booklouse

Liposcelis spp.

Fly (General)

Too broad to provide a single scientific name without a clearer image. The image shows a small, dark speck on a green ba...

Plume Moth

Emmelina monodactyla (representative example)

Ladybug (or Ladybird beetle)

Coccinellidae (family)

Broad-nosed Weevil or Root Weevil

Likely Hylobius pales (Pales Weevil) or a related species within the subfamily Entiminae (broad-nosed weevils), due to t...

European Garden Spider, Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Bed Bug

Cimex lectularius

Katydid

Various genera within Tettigoniidae (e.g., Pterophylla, Microcentrum, Scudderia)

Booklouse

Liposcelis spp. (a common genus)

Pubic louse

Pthirus pubis

Not Applicable (Inanimate Debris)

Red Flour Beetle or Confused Flour Beetle (likely)

Tribolium castaneum (Red Flour Beetle) or Tribolium confusum (Confused Flour Beetle) - difficult to distinguish precisel...

Springtail

Too small to identify an exact species; Collembola is the taxonomic group.

Pubic Louse (Crab Louse)

Pthirus pubis

Birch Catkin Bug

Kleidocerys resedae

Syrphid Fly (Hoverfly)

Syrphidae (Family)

Mosquito

Subfamily Anophelinae, Culicinae, and Toxorhynchitinae

Pubic Louse (Crab Louse)

Pthirus pubis

Ash Gray Blister Beetle

Epicauta fabricii

Carpet Beetle

Anthrenus scrophulariae (Common Carpet Beetle) or related species within Dermestidae

Ladybug Larva (or Ladybird Beetle Larva)

Coccinellidae (Larva)

American Dagger Moth Caterpillar

Acronicta americana

Nematode (specifically, likely a plant-parasitic or free-living soil nematode based on the morphology observed, though e...

As a phylum, there isn't a single scientific name for all nematodes. Examples of scientific names for specific species i...

Broad-faced Sac Spider

Trachelas tranquillus

Household Casebearer (often confused with Plaster Bagworm)

Phereoeca uterella or Phereoeca allutella

Fruit fly

Drosophila melanogaster (common species)

Booklouse

Liposcelis spp.

American Cockroach

Periplaneta americana

Robber Fly

Asilidae (family)

Varied Carpet Beetle

Anthrenus verbasci

Bird Nest Fungus Gnat (Larva) / Junk Bug

Ceraia spp. / Leucochrysa spp.

Pavement Ant

Tetramorium caespitum

Household Casebearer, Plaster Bagworm

Phereoeca uterella

June Beetle / May Beetle / European Chafer

Phyllophaga spp. (for June/May beetles) or Rhizotrogus majalis (for European Chafer, which looks very similar)

Brown Recluse Spider

Loxosceles reclusa

Booklouse

Psocoptera (various species)

Giant Water Bug

Lethocerus americanus (or other species within Belostomatidae)

Carpet Beetle

Anthrenus spp. or Attagenus spp. (e.g., Anthrenus verbasci, Attagenus unicolor)

Carpet Beetle (likely Varied Carpet Beetle or Black Carpet Beetle)

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