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Explore insects and bugs recently identified by our AI-powered field guide.
Pinacate beetle or stink beetle
Eleodes species
Drain fly or moth fly
Psychodidae
Fishing spider
Dolomedes triton
Household Casebearer
Phereoeca uterella
Household casebearer
Phereoeca uterella
Bagworm
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis
Springtail
Collembola
Carpet beetle
Anthrenus verbasci
Carpet Beetle Larva
Anthrenus spp.
Earwig
Dermaptera
Slender assassin bug
Rhinocoris iracundus
Ground spider
Likely a ground spider (family Gnaphosidae); species cannot be identified from the image alone.
Jumping spider
Salticidae, species undetermined
Ground spider (likely a wolf spider)
Family Lycosidae; species cannot be determined from the image
Not identifiable from the image; possibly a small beetle larva or pupa
Undetermined
Red velvet mite
Likely *Balaustium* species (exact species cannot be determined from the photo)
Red-and-black true bug (likely a firebug)
Pyrrhocoris apterus
Red velvet mite
Likely *Balaustium* species
No bug visible
Not applicable
No real bug or insect depicted
Not applicable
Fictional sea monster
Not applicable; the image appears to depict a fantasy creature, not a known species.
Not identifiable; likely a fictional or AI-generated creature
None
Unidentified fictional creature
None; the image appears AI-generated or fantastical
Likely springtail (elongate-bodied springtail)
Order Collembola; exact species cannot be determined from the photo
Uncertain; possibly a small moth
Undetermined from the image
Likely drugstore beetle (biscuit beetle)
Stegobium paniceum
Unidentified small household insect
Not identifiable from the image
Small ant
Formicidae (species undetermined)
Small fly; likely a fungus gnat
Family Sciaridae (exact species unclear from the image)
Unidentifiable from image
Not determinable
Carpet beetle larva (likely)
Anthrenus sp.
Not identifiable; the image does not show a clearly distinguishable insect.
Undetermined
Small moth (likely a clothes moth)
Tineidae, possibly *Tinea* species
Case-bearing clothes moth larva (likely)
Tinea pellionella
Not identifiable from the image
Undetermined
Human flea
Pulex irritans
Springtail (probable)
Collembola; species not identifiable from the image
Not identifiable from the image
Undetermined
Tailless whip scorpion (whip spider)
Likely *Damon* sp.
Small cockroach nymph (likely German cockroach)
Blattella germanica
Western conifer seed bug
Leptoglossus occidentalis
Millipede
Class Diplopoda; exact species cannot be determined from the photo
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