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Tobacco hornworm
Manduca sexta
Flat-backed millipede
Likely Apheloria species (identification from image only)
Leaf-footed bug
Leptoglossus spp. (likely a coreid nymph)
No identifiable bug visible
Not applicable
White-marked tussock moth caterpillar
Orgyia leucostigma (likely)
Likely Anna’s hummingbird
Calypte anna
Unidentifiable small household insect (possibly a booklouse or springtail)
Not determinable from the image
Black swallowtail caterpillar
Papilio polyxenes (likely)
Small beetle (likely carpet beetle adult)
Likely Anthrenus spp. or Attagenus spp.; exact identification is uncertain from the image
Bed bug
Cimex lectularius
Carpet beetle (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Broad-nosed weevil (probable)
Curculionidae, genus/species uncertain
Varied carpet beetle (likely larva or shed skin)
Anthrenus verbasci
Green lacewing larva (aphid lion)
Chrysopidae larva, likely Chrysoperla species
Bed bug (likely)
Cimex lectularius
Broad-nosed weevil
Likely *Otiorhynchus* species (exact identification requires a closer image)
Aphid (likely wingless plant louse)
Aphididae sp.
Small pantry beetle (likely a flour beetle)
Tribolium sp. (likely Tribolium confusum or T. castaneum)
Long-bodied cellar spider (likely)
Pholcus phalangioides
Small metallic bee (likely sweat bee)
Augochlorella sp. (identification from image is tentative)
Thread-waisted wasp (likely spider wasp)
Likely *Auplopus* sp. (identification uncertain from image)
Cluster fly (likely)
Pollenia rudis
Moth fly (drain fly)
Psychodidae, likely Clogmia albipunctata
Cellar spider (likely long-bodied cellar spider)
Pholcus phalangioides
Cockroach, likely a German cockroach
Blattella germanica
Flea (likely cat flea)
Ctenocephalides felis
Cockroach, likely German cockroach
Blattella germanica
Stag beetle (female)
Likely Lucanus species; exact species requires location and clearer diagnostic features
Carpet beetle larva
Anthrenus sp.
Cockroach nymph, likely German cockroach
Blattella germanica
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Figeater beetle (green fruit beetle)
Cotinis mutabilis
Likely blacklegged (deer) tick nymph
Ixodes scapularis (North America) or Ixodes ricinus (Europe)
Flea
Order Siphonaptera; species cannot be confirmed from this image
Louse (likely a head louse)
Pediculus humanus capitis
Likely bed bug (image uncertain)
Cimex lectularius
Unidentified tiny beetle or mite
Not determinable from the image
Fleas (likely adult cat or dog fleas)
Ctenocephalides felis or Ctenocephalides canis
Likely booklouse (psocid)
Order Psocodea; species uncertain from the image
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Unidentified tiny arthropod; possibly a springtail or psocid
Collembola or Psocoptera; species cannot be determined from this image
Likely carpet beetle larva
Anthrenus spp. (identification uncertain from image)
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