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Wolf spider (likely a small juvenile)
Lycosidae, genus/species uncertain from the image
Case-bearing clothes moth larva (likely)
Tineola bisselliella
Caddisfly (likely a microcaddisfly)
Order-level identification: Trichoptera; genus/species cannot be determined reliably from this image
Dobsonfly (likely male)
Corydalus sp.
Varied carpet beetle (likely)
Anthrenus verbasci
Bat fly (likely a streblid bat fly)
Uncertain from image; likely *Trichobius* species
Likely carpenter bee (possibly a bumblebee)
Xylocopa sp. (tentative)
Louse fly (keds), likely a sheep ked
Melophagus ovinus
Seed bug (likely a small true bug nymph)
Uncertain from the image; possibly a Lygaeidae nymph
Unidentified tiny dark insect or speck
Not determinable from the image
Minute brown scavenger beetle (probable)
Likely *Latridiidae* sp.; species cannot be confirmed from the photo
Flea (likely cat or dog flea)
Ctenocephalides felis (most likely)
Fungus gnat (likely adult)
Sciaridae, species uncertain
Flea beetle (likely)
Alticini spp.
Small grain beetle (likely sawtoothed grain beetle)
Oryzaephilus surinamensis
Small house fly (likely a flesh fly or blow fly)
Sarcophagidae or Calliphoridae; species uncertain from the blurred image
Fungus gnat (likely)
Sciaridae, probably *Bradysia* species
Black soldier flies (mating pair)
Hermetia illucens
Cockroach (likely brown-banded cockroach)
Supella longipalpa
Leaf-footed bug (likely a coreid nymph)
Acanthocephala sp. (probable; species uncertain from the image)
Unidentified; likely an insect bite or skin irritation
Not determinable from the image
Possible mosquito bite; insect not visible
Undetermined from image
Small winged ant (likely a male or alate)
Formicidae, genus/species indeterminate
Horsehair worm (Gordian worm)
Likely *Gordius* species (identification from the image is approximate)
Millipede
Likely a flat-backed millipede (order Polydesmida); species cannot be confirmed from the image
Unidentified larva or worm-like organism
Cannot be determined from the image
Unclear; likely a small moth or moth larva
Cannot be determined from the image
Water boatman (likely)
Corixidae sp.
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Mite (likely a clover mite or related soil mite)
Bryobia sp. (tentative identification)
Case-bearing clothes moth larva (probable)
Tineola bisselliella
Ambiguous—likely a beetle larva or aquatic insect viewed through a microscope
Cannot be determined reliably from this image
Unclear; likely a small beetle
Not reliably identifiable from the image
Likely ground spider (possibly a wall spider)
Uncertain from the image; likely a small Gnaphosidae or similar ground-spider species
Bumblebee (likely a worker)
Bombus sp.
Flower chafer beetle (likely a scarab beetle)
Cetoniinae sp. (exact species unclear from the image)
Unidentifiable from the image
Not determinable
Barklouse (booklouse), likely a bark-dwelling psocid
Psocoptera (order-level identification; species cannot be determined from this image)
Broad-headed bug
Alydus sp. (likely Alydus eurinus or a related species)
Broad-nosed weevil (likely)
Curculionidae, genus/species uncertain
Unidentified beetle larva or pupa (image unclear)
Cannot be determined reliably from this photograph
Case-bearing clothes moth larva case (likely)
Tineola bisselliella
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