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Recent Bug Identifications
Explore insects and bugs recently identified by our AI-powered field guide.
Bald-faced hornet
Dolichovespula maculata
Hoverfly (also known as Flower Fly or Syrphid Fly)
Syrphidae (family)
Blue Bottle Fly
Calliphora vomitoria
Robber Fly
Asilidae
Comma Butterfly
Polygonia c-album
House Centipede
Scutigera coleoptrata
American Carrion Beetle
Necrophila americana
Brown Prionid Beetle
Orthosoma brunneum
Inconclusive - Visual artifact or non-biological subject
N/A
Drain Fly Larva
Psychodidae
Bed Bug (nymph stage)
Cimex lectularius
Western Honey Bee (Wing Detail)
Apis mellifera
Head louse
Pediculus humanus capitis
Head louse
Pediculus humanus capitis
Horsehair worm (alternatively Gordian worm)
Phylum Nematomorpha
Webbing Clothes Moth
Tineola bisselliella
Human Head Louse
Pediculus humanus capitis
Drain Fly (Moth Fly)
Psychodidae family
Unknown
Unidentifiable specimen
Bed Bug
Cimex lectularius
Inconclusive (Likely Debris/Fiber)
N/A
Green Lacewing Larva (Junk Bug)
Chrysopidae (larva)
Household Casebearer moth larva
Phereoeca uterella
Household Casebearer (Plaster Bagworm)
Phereoeca utericella
Household Casebearer moth
Phereoeca uterella
Plaster Bagworm
Phereoeca utericella
Drain Fly Larva
Psychodidae
Bed Bug
Cimex lectularius
Pubic Louse (Crab Louse)
Pthirus pubis
Snow Flea
Hypogastrura nivicola
Pubic Louse (Crab Louse)
Pthirus pubis
Kudzu Bug
Megacopta cribraria
House dust mite
Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus
Lint or Dust Fiber (Not an Insect)
N/A (Inanimate Object)
Globular Springtail
Sminthuridae (Family)
Snow Flea / Springtail
Hypogastrura nivicola
Bird Mite
Ornithonyssus sylviarum
Dragonfly Nymph (Naiad)
Anisoptera (suborder)
Woodlouse (specifically a Pill Bug or Sowbug)
Armadillidium vulgare / Porcellio scaber
Bird Mite
Ornithonyssus sylviarum / Dermanyssus gallinae
German Cockroach
Blattella germanica
Clover Mite
Bryobia praetiosa
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