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Booklouse (psocid)
Liposcelis spp.
Likely thrips larva
Order-level identification only; likely Thysanoptera, family Thripidae
Unidentified tiny arthropod, possibly a springtail
Collembola, unidentified species
Not identifiable from the image
Undetermined
Likely head louse egg (nit)
Pediculus humanus capitis
Varied carpet beetle (likely larva/remains)
Anthrenus spp. (likely Anthrenus verbasci)
False widow spider (likely noble false widow)
Steatoda nobilis
Orb-weaver spider
Araneidae spp. (likely a garden orb-weaver, genus Araneus or Argiope)
Unclear from image; likely a small spider or other arthropod
Not determinable from the photograph
Small soft-bodied beetle (likely spider beetle)
Gibbium sp. (identification tentative from the photo)
Unidentifiable small red insect or mite
Cannot be determined from the image
Red spider mite (likely)
Tetranychus urticae
Unidentified small moth (likely a tineid or micro-moth)
Lepidoptera; species indeterminate from the image
German cockroach
Blattella germanica
Yellow carpenter bee (likely)
Xylocopa spp.
Cicada killer wasp
Sphecius speciosus
Bristletail (likely a silverfish or firebrat)
Ctenolepisma sp. (identification uncertain from image)
Red-eyed fruit fly (likely)
Drosophila melanogaster
Cicada
Cicadidae (species indeterminate)
American cockroach (likely)
Periplaneta americana
Early instar swallowtail caterpillar (likely citrus swallowtail)
Papilio sp., likely Papilio demoleus
Clothes moth larva (likely case-bearing clothes moth)
Tinea pellionella
Springtail (globular or slender springtail)
Collembola; exact genus/species not identifiable from the image
Varied carpet beetle larva (likely)
Anthrenus verbasci
Termite (likely worker or soldier)
Isoptera; species indeterminate
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Likely booklouse (barklouse)
Order Psocodea; species uncertain from the image
Thread-waisted wasp (likely a potter wasp)
Eumenes sp.
Thrips (likely an immature thrips)
Order Thysanoptera; species cannot be determined from this image
Long-legged cellar spider (daddy longlegs spider)
Likely *Pholcus* sp.; species cannot be confirmed from the image
Unidentified small red beetle or mite
Not reliably identifiable from this image
Unidentifiable from image; likely a small moth larva or case-bearing clothes-moth larval case
Possibly Tineidae, genus *Tinea* or *Monopis*; species cannot be determined from this photograph
Lace bug (likely)
Tingidae, genus uncertain
Clothes moth larva (probable)
Tineola bisselliella
Unidentified small beetle or insect
Cannot be determined from this image
Unidentifiable; likely debris or a very small pale mite
Not determinable from this image
Unidentifiable tiny arthropod or debris
Cannot be determined from the image
Likely carpet beetle larva or shed skin
Anthrenus spp. (tentative; image is insufficient for species-level identification)
Unidentified tiny arthropod—possibly a booklouse or mite
Not determinable from this blurred image; likely Psocoptera or Acari
Long-legged fly (likely stilt-legged fly)
Uncertain from the image; possibly family Micropezidae
Case-bearing clothes moth larva (probable)
Tinea pellionella
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