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Fly maggot (likely a housefly larva)
Musca domestica (tentative)
Shield-backed katydid (likely a conehead katydid)
Conocephalus sp.
Leafhopper nymph
Cicadellidae, species undetermined
Tiny dark insect (possibly a springtail)
Uncertain; likely Collembola
Aphid
Aphididae (exact species undetermined)
Black-and-yellow garden spider (writing spider)
Argiope aurantia
Colorado potato beetle
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Assassin bug (likely a thread-legged assassin bug)
Reduviidae; exact species cannot be identified from the image
Leopard moth (giant leopard moth)
Hypercompe scribonia
Brazilian black-and-white tarantula
Nhandu chromatus
Black-legged tick
Ixodes scapularis
White-lined sphinx moth
Hyles lineata
Springtails (likely globular springtails)
Collembola; exact species cannot be determined from the image
White-lined sphinx moth
Hyles lineata
Thrips (likely a thrips nymph)
Order Thysanoptera; species not identifiable from the image
Cutworm moth (likely a black cutworm)
Agrotis sp. (possibly Agrotis ipsilon)
Likely bird mite (unidentified mite)
Acari; species cannot be determined from the image
Bed bug (likely nymph)
Cimex lectularius
Likely black soldier fly larva (dark prepupa)
Hermetia illucens
Ground beetle (likely a violet ground beetle)
*Carabus* sp.; exact species cannot be determined from the photo
Not identifiable from this image
Undetermined
Likely carpet beetle larva
Likely Anthrenus or related carpet beetle (Dermestidae); species cannot be determined from this image
Small household ants (likely little black ants)
Possibly *Monomorium* or *Tapinoma* species; the photo is not detailed enough for species-level identification
Small house spider (likely cobweb spider)
Unidentified; likely *Parasteatoda* species
Brown marmorated stink bug
Halyomorpha halys
Leaf-footed bug (likely a western conifer seed bug)
Leptoglossus occidentalis
Unclear from image
Not identifiable
Green lacewing
Chrysoperla carnea species group
White-marked tussock moth caterpillar
Orgyia leucostigma
Metallic wood-boring beetle (likely a jewel beetle)
Buprestidae; exact species unclear from the image
Common house spider
Parasteatoda tepidariorum
Cellar spider (daddy-longlegs spider)
Pholcus phalangioides
Golden silk orb-weaver (banana spider)
Trichonephila clavipes
Stump stabber wasp
Megarhyssa sp.
No bug visible
Not identifiable
Bed bug nymph (likely)
Cimex lectularius
Pale geometer moth
Likely a geometer moth (family Geometridae); exact species cannot be confirmed from the photo
Toy dinosaur (not an insect)
Not applicable
Toy dinosaur (not an insect)
Not applicable
Dimetrodon (toy/model)
*Dimetrodon* sp.
Likely flea
Order Siphonaptera; species cannot be determined from the photo
Seed bug (likely a broad-headed bug)
Alydidae, likely *Leptocorisa* sp.
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