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Varied carpet beetle
Anthrenus verbasci
Jumping spider
Family Salticidae; species uncertain
Booklouse (psocid)
Liposcelis spp. (likely)
Unidentified small larva (likely clothes moth larva)
Tineola bisselliella (probable)
Booklouse (psocid), likely a barklouse
Order Psocoptera; species uncertain from the image, possibly Liposcelis sp.
Springtail (likely globular springtail)
Collembola; likely family Sminthuridae
Springtail (likely globular springtail)
Collembola; exact species cannot be determined from this image
Carpet beetle larval cast skins (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Springtail (likely elongate springtail)
Collembola; exact species cannot be determined from this image
Orange weevil larva (tentative identification)
Likely a Curculionidae larva; species indeterminate from the image
Golden-winged skimmer (likely)
Libellula auripennis
Gray wall jumping spider
Menemerus species, likely Menemerus bivittatus
Caddisfly (likely a long-horned caddisfly)
Likely *Oecetis* or a related leptocerid genus; species-level identification is uncertain from the image
Great black wasp
Sphex pensylvanicus
Ground beetle (likely a black ground beetle)
Carabidae; exact species cannot be determined from the blurry image
Unclear; likely a small spider or mite
Not reliably identifiable from this image
Booklouse (psocid)
Liposcelis spp.
Indeterminate; likely a tiny fly or mite
Not identifiable from this image
Booklouse (psocid)
Likely Liposcelis spp.
Carpet beetle larva
Anthrenus spp. (likely Anthrenus scrophulariae)
No identifiable insect visible
Not determinable from the image
Not identifiable from the image
Undetermined
Likely skin mite or follicular debris (not reliably identifiable)
Indeterminate from image; possibly *Demodex folliculorum*
Unidentifiable tiny insect or mite
Cannot be determined from the image
Indeterminate tiny beetle or insect fragment
Not identifiable from the photograph
German cockroach
Blattella germanica
Likely human flea
Pulex irritans (tentative identification)
Thrips (likely a flower thrips)
Order-level identification: Thysanoptera; species cannot be confirmed from the image
Unidentified tiny arthropod or debris
Not determinable from this image
Unidentified small moth or moth-fly fragment
Not reliably identifiable from the image; possibly a clothes moth (Tineidae)
Unidentified tiny arthropod, possibly a mite
Undetermined from the photograph; commonly suspected household mites include Acarus spp.
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Carpet beetle larva (likely)
Anthrenus spp. (likely)
Fuzzy carpet beetle larva (probable)
Anthrenus spp. (likely Anthrenus scrophulariae)
Brown-banded cockroach nymph (probable)
Supella longipalpa
Unidentifiable small arthropod or insect fragment
Not determinable from the photograph
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Spider beetle (probable)
Ptinus spp. (likely Ptinus tectus or a related species)
Likely clover mite
Bryobia praetiosa
Booklouse (barklouse)
Psocoptera, likely Liposcelis species
Booklouse (psocid), likely a winged form
Liposcelis sp. (identification uncertain from image)
No insect present (stuffed animal)
Not applicable
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