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Dark Marbled Carpet Moth

Dysstroma citrata

Springtail

Collembola (Subclass)

Unidentifiable Debris / Lint (Not likely an insect)

N/A

Not a recognizable insect

N/A

Unidentifiable Debris / Crushed Insect Remains

N/A

Striped Bark Scorpion

Centruroides vittatus

Scabies Mite (Burrow)

Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis

Household Casebearer (often confused with Plaster Bagworm)

Phereoeca uterella (sometimes referred to as Phereoeca allutella in some regions)

Bird Mite (or possibly Rodent Mite)

Ornithonyssus spp. (e.g., O. sylviarum or O. bursa)

Bird Mite (or Rodent Mite)

Ornithonyssus spp. (e.g., Ornithonyssus sylviarum)

Body Louse (or possibly Head Louse)

Pediculus humanus humanus (or Pediculus humanus capitis)

Bagworm Moth Larva (or Casebearer)

Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Family Psychidae)

Carpet Beetle Larva

Anthrenus verbasci (commonly, though other Anthrenus or Attagenus species are possible)

Masked Hunter Nymph (Dust Bug)

Reduvius personatus

Junk Bug (Lacewing Larva)

Chrysopidae (Family)

Unidentifiable Debris / Possible Bed Bug Fecal Spots (Inconclusive)

N/A

Unidentifiable Debris / Possible Dried Blood or Insect Fragment

N/A

Unidentifiable Debris (Likely Scab or Earwax)

N/A

Varied Carpet Beetle Larva

Anthrenus verbasci

Scabies Mite (or Sarcoptes Scabiei)

Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis

Bed Bug (Cast Skin/Exuvia)

Cimex lectularius

Lawn Shrimp (also known as Arcitalitrus sylvaticus or Landhopper)

Arcitalitrus sylvaticus

Unidentifiable Object/Image Artifact

N/A

Junk Bug (Lacewing Larva)

Chrysopa spp. or similar genera (e.g., Leucochrysa)

Carpet Beetle Larva

Anthrenus verbasci (typically)

Plaster Bagworm

Phereoeca uterella

Leafhopper

Cicadellidae (family name, variety of species)

Inconclusive (Likely debris or fabric fiber)

None (Non-biological material)

Clothing fiber

N/A (synthetic or natural textile)

Not a Bug/Insect (Likely Food Crumb, Wax, or Debris)

N/A

Horsehair worm

Gordius robustus (and other species within the Phylum Nematomorpha)

Inconclusive (Likely textile fiber)

N/A

Phereoeca uterella (or similar Plaster Bagworm/Household Casebearer)

Phereoeca uterella (or species in Tineidae family)

Scabies Mite (or the burrow of one)

Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis

No insect identified

N/A

Scabies Mite (Burrow)

Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis

Not a Bug (Likely Lint, Debris, or Skin Flake)

N/A (Inanimate Object)

Fruit Fly

Drosophila melanogaster

Carpet Lint / Hairball / Fiber Tangle (Not an insect)

N/A (Inanimate object debris)

Bed Bug

Cimex lectularius

Lint / Fiber strand (Not an insect)

N/A (Synthetic or natural fiber debris)

Clothing Moth Larva (specifically the case-bearing clothes moth)

Tinea pellionella