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Brown-banded cockroach (likely nymph)
Supella longipalpa
Bumblebee
Bombus species (likely a native bumblebee)
Uncertain; likely a small beetle
Not identifiable from this image
Yellow garden spider (black-and-yellow argiope)
Argiope aurantia
Likely spider beetle
Ptinus sp. (identification uncertain from image)
Dragonfly (likely a clubtail)
Gomphidae, likely Gomphus sp.
Small plant bug (likely a leaf-footed bug nymph)
Likely Leptoglossus sp. (identification uncertain from the image)
Common pill millipede
Glomeris marginata (likely)
Fungus gnat (likely)
Sciaridae sp.
Small plant bug (likely tarnished plant bug)
Lygus lineolaris
Unidentifiable small true bug (possibly a plant bug or stink bug nymph)
Not determinable from the image
Flea beetle (likely)
Alticini sp.
Ticks (likely a soft tick or engorged hard tick)
Uncertain from image; possibly *Dermacentor* or *Rhipicephalus* species
Pleated graphipterus beetle (likely)
Graphipterus sp.
Bluebottle blow fly
Calliphora vicina
Honey bee
Apis mellifera
Fur beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Small house spider (likely a cobweb spider)
Parasteatoda tepidariorum
House spider (likely funnel weaver)
Tegenaria domestica
Jumping spider (likely a tan/striped jumper)
Family Salticidae; species uncertain from the image
No insect visible; domestic dog
Canis lupus familiaris
Carpet beetle (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Likely cigarette beetle (tobacco beetle)
Lasioderma serricorne
Jerusalem cricket (potato bug)
Stenopelmatus species
Varied carpet beetle (adult)
Anthrenus verbasci
Paper wasp
Polistes sp. (likely a paper wasp)
German cockroach nymph
Blattella germanica
Blue mud dauber (likely)
Chalybion californicum
Field cricket (likely a house or field cricket)
Gryllus sp. (identification uncertain from image)
No identifiable insect; likely an inflamed skin lesion or bite reaction
Not applicable from this image
Walnut caterpillar
Datana integerrima
Black-and-yellow garden spider (writing spider)
Argiope aurantia
Giant leopard moth caterpillar (woolly bear)
Hypercompe scribonia
Bombardier beetle
Brachinus species (likely Brachinus sp.)
Unidentified small biting insect (photo insufficient)
Cannot determine from image
Marine isopod (likely cirolanid isopod)
Likely Cirolana sp. (species uncertain from image)
Field cricket (likely a black field cricket)
Gryllus spp.
Booklouse (barklouse)
Likely Liposcelis spp.
Indeterminate—possibly a tiny mite or flea; image insufficient for reliable identification
Not determinable from the photograph
Seed bug (likely a dirt-covered plant bug)
Indeterminate from the photograph; likely a small true bug (Hemiptera)
Varied carpet beetle (likely larva)
Anthrenus verbasci
Household casebearer (plaster bagworm)
Phereoeca uterella
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