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Non-Insect Debris (Likely Dried Skin Flake or Callus)

N/A (Biological Debris)

Clover Mite

Bryobia praetiosa

Drugstore Beetle / Cigarette Beetle

Stegobium paniceum / Lasioderma serricorne

German Cockroach

Blattella germanica

Bed Bug (Crushed)

Cimex lectularius

Clothing moth larva / Case-making clothes moth (likely)

Tinea pellionella

Masked Hunter (Nymph)

Reduvius personatus

Indian Meal Moth

Plodia interpunctella

Lesser Burdock seed head (frequently mistaken for a bug)

Arctium minus

Clover Mite

Bryobia praetiosa

Clover Mite

Bryobia praetiosa

Body louse or Head louse

Pediculus humanus

Bed Bug

Cimex lectularius

Body louse

Pediculus humanus humanus

Human Itch Mite

Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis

Junk bug (Green Lacewing Larva)

Chrysoperla spp.

Lace Bug

Family Tingidae (genera include Corythucha or Stephanitis)

Indian meal moth

Plodia interpunctella

Debris-carrying Lacewing Larva (Junk Bug)

Chrysoperla spp.

No insect or bug found

N/A

Bird Poop Mimicking Moth (Guenee's Emerald)

Aplodes mimosaria / Synchlora aerata complex

Webbing clothes moth (larva)

Tineola bisselliella

Hard tick (Engorged Larva or Nymph)

Ixodidae (family level)

Chigger (specifically the larval stage of a Trombiculid Mite)

Trombicula spp. (e.g., Trombicula alfreddugesi)

No Insect Detected

N/A

Household Casebearer or Plaster Bagworm

Phereoeca uterella

Lace Bug Nymph

Tingidae (specific species unidentifiable from nymph stage alone, often Corythucha sp.)

Varied Carpet Beetle

Anthrenus verbasci

Carpet Beetle Larva

Anthrenus verbasci (typically Varied Carpet Beetle)

Bed Bug

Cimex lectularius

Unable to Identify

N/A

Booklouse (or Psocid)

Liposcelis spp. (Common genus in homes)

Flea Larva

Ctenocephalides felis (most common) or Ctenocephalides canis

Household Casebearer (often specifically the Plaster Bagworm or Case-bearing Clothes Moth larva)

Phereoeca uterella (Plaster Bagworm) or Tinea pellionella (Case-bearing Clothes Moth)

Household Casebearer or Plaster Bagworm

Phereoeca uterella

Carpet Beetle Larva

Anthrenus verbasci (commonly implying the Varied Carpet Beetle larva)

Varied Carpet Beetle

Anthrenus verbasci

Debris-Carrying Lacewing Larva

Chrysopidae (larvae stage)

Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Not a bug/insect)

Fuligo septica

Household Casebearer or Plaster Bagworm

Phereoeca uterella (sometimes referred to as Phereoeca allutella)

Bed Bug (specifically a shed skin/exuvia)

Cimex lectularius

Baby Common Rat/Mouse (Pinky)

Rattus norvegicus (if rat) or Mus musculus (if mouse)