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Carpet beetle (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Carpet beetle larva (likely)
Anthrenus sp.
Springtail (likely)
Collembola, likely family Entomobryidae
Varied carpet beetle (adult)
Anthrenus verbasci
Carpet beetle (adult), likely a black carpet beetle
Likely *Attagenus unicolor*; image resolution prevents definitive identification.
Bed bug (likely nymph or shed skin)
Cimex lectularius
Not identifiable from image; likely insect-bite reaction
Undetermined
Masked hunter (likely juvenile or shed remains)
Reduvius personatus
Springtail
Likely an entomobryid springtail (family Entomobryidae); species cannot be determined from this image
Unidentified small moth (likely a clothes moth)
Possibly Tineola bisselliella
Case-bearing clothes moth larva (likely)
Tinea pellionella
German cockroach nymph
Blattella germanica
Broad-faced sac spider (likely)
Trachelas sp.
Bed bug (probable)
Cimex lectularius
Brown recluse spider (probable)
Loxosceles reclusa
White-lined sphinx moth (striped hawkmoth)
Hyles lineata
Broad-headed sharpshooter (likely)
Oncometopia sp.
Carpet beetle (likely varied carpet beetle larva)
Anthrenus verbasci
Green shield bug nymph (likely stink bug nymph)
Pentatomidae, likely an early instar; species uncertain from the image
Katydid nymph (likely a conehead katydid)
Neoconocephalus sp.
Bagworm moth larva (case-bearing caterpillar)
Likely Psychidae species; exact species cannot be determined from the image
Fungus gnat (probable adult)
Sciaridae (genus and species uncertain from image)
Fungus gnat (likely)
Sciaridae, probably Bradysia sp.
Cellar spider (likely long-bodied cellar spider)
Pholcus phalangioides
House Centipede
Scutigera coleoptrata
White Grub (Scarab Beetle Larva)
Scarabaeidae (Family)
Wolf Spider
Family Lycosidae
Woolly Bear Caterpillar
Pyrrharctia isabella
Monarch Butterfly (Chrysalis stage)
Danaus plexippus
Pinacate Beetle (Stink Beetle)
Eleodes spp.
Brown Widow Spider
Latrodectus geometricus
Woodlouse Spider
Dysdera crocata
Woodlouse Spider
Dysdera crocata
Carpet Beetle Larva
Anthrenus verbasci
Red dragonfly (likely red-veined darter)
Sympetrum fonscolombii (identification from image is approximate)
White-lined sphinx moth
Hyles lineata
Unidentified slender red insect (likely a rove beetle)
Not determinable from the image; possibly *Paederus* sp.
Termite (likely a worker)
Unidentified termite, order Isoptera (possibly *Reticulitermes* spp.)
Elm sawfly (elm leafminer sawfly)
Cimbex americana
Image too indistinct for reliable identification
Undetermined
Booklouse (psocid)
Likely Liposcelis spp.
Unidentifiable insect remains
Not determinable from the image
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