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Striped blister beetle (likely)
Meloe spp. (identification uncertain from image)
Oriental cockroach (likely)
Blatta orientalis
Giant swallowtail caterpillar (possibly early instar)
Papilio cresphontes
Green lacewing larva (aphid lion)
Chrysopidae larva, likely Chrysoperla species
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci (probable)
Bed bug (likely nymph)
Cimex lectularius
Brown house moth
Hofmannophila pseudospretella
Carpet beetle larvae and adults (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Oleander aphid
Aphis nerii
No insect visible
Not applicable
Unidentified small household arthropod
Not identifiable from the image
Likely carpet beetle (adult)
Anthrenus sp. (probable; image too indistinct for species)
Barklouse (booklouse), likely a winged psocid
Psocidae sp. (species uncertain from the image)
Darkling beetle (likely a flour beetle)
Tribolium sp., probably Tribolium castaneum
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci (probable)
Carpet beetle larva
Likely Anthrenus spp. or Attagenus spp.
Flattened flour beetle (likely)
Cryptolestes sp. (identification uncertain from image)
Bed bug (likely nymph or small adult)
Cimex lectularius
Booklouse (psocid)
Order Psocodea; likely a small indoor psocid, species uncertain from the image
Likely flour beetle
Tribolium sp. (probably Tribolium castaneum, red flour beetle)
House centipede
Scutigera coleoptrata
Unidentified small cockroach nymph (likely German cockroach)
Blattella germanica (probable)
Head louse (likely nymph)
Pediculus humanus capitis
Head louse (likely nit/empty egg case)
Pediculus humanus capitis
Head louse (nit/egg)
Pediculus humanus capitis
Longhorn beetle (likely a twig pruner or related cerambycid)
Cerambycidae sp.
Small moth fly (likely a tineid clothes moth)
Tineola bisselliella (probable; image alone cannot confirm species)
Bristletail (likely a jumping bristletail)
Petrobius sp.
Coconut mealybug (likely)
Nipaecoccus nipae
Bed bug (likely nymph)
Cimex lectularius
Whitefly nymph (likely citrus or greenhouse whitefly)
Aleyrodidae; species uncertain from image
Green shield bug (likely a nymph)
Palomena prasina
Aphid (likely a leaf aphid)
Aphidoidea; exact species cannot be confirmed from this blurred image
Likely aphids (plant lice)
Aphididae sp.
Scale insects (likely soft scale)
Coccoidea (probably Coccus or related genus)
Scale insects (likely soft scale)
Coccidae, genus uncertain
Banded sphinx moth caterpillar (likely)
Eumorpha fasciatus
Giant water bug (likely a toe-biter)
Belostoma sp.
No clearly visible bug
Not determinable from the image
Brown-banded cockroach nymph
Supella longipalpa
Yellow tussock moth caterpillar (likely)
Lophocampa sp. (identification to species requires locality and clearer features)
Cockroach nymph (likely brown-banded cockroach)
Supella longipalpa
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