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Carpet beetle larva (likely)
Anthrenus sp. (likely; identification is limited by the photo)
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Ant (likely a pavement or household ant)
Formicidae; species cannot be confirmed from the image
White-marked tussock moth (likely)
Orgyia leucostigma
Small moth (likely a tineid or micro-moth)
Indeterminate from the image; possibly family Tineidae
Unclear from image; likely a small spider
Not reliably identifiable from this photograph
Louse fly (hippoboscid fly), likely a sheep ked
Melophagus ovinus
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Unclear; likely a small earwig or beetle fragment
Cannot determine reliably from the image
Silverfish (likely firebrat)
Thermobia domestica
Globular springtail (likely)
Order-level identification: Collembola; species uncertain
Jerusalem cricket (potato bug)
Stenopelmatus spp.
Likely small fly or gnat
Not identifiable from the blurred image
Carpet beetle larva
Anthrenus spp. (likely Anthrenus verbasci)
Carpet beetle larva
Likely Anthrenus spp. (varied carpet beetle group)
Small dark ground beetle (likely a seed-eating ground beetle)
Unidentified; possibly Harpalus sp.
Click beetle
Elateridae (likely an adult in the genus *Agrypnus* or a related genus)
Spiny orb-weaver (likely spined micrathena)
Micrathena gracilis
Unclear; likely a small beetle or fly
Not reliably identifiable from the image
Yellow woolly bear caterpillar (likely salt-marsh caterpillar)
Estigmene acrea
Likely springtail
Collembola; species undetermined
Lace bug (likely sycamore lace bug)
Corythucha ciliata (identification tentative from the blurry image)
Case-bearing clothes moth larva (likely)
Tinea pellionella
Small dark winged fly (possibly a drain fly or fungus gnat)
Uncertain from the photograph; likely Psychodidae or Sciaridae
Ambush bug (likely jagged ambush bug)
Phymata spp.
Cockroach (likely brown-banded cockroach)
Supella longipalpa
Unclear; possibly a small moth or beetle
Cannot be determined from the image
Bed bug
Cimex lectularius
Likely clover mite
Bryobia praetiosa
Unidentified small moth or moth fly (image insufficient for reliable identification)
Not determinable from the photograph
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Carpet beetle larva (likely)
Anthrenus sp.
Unidentified small beetle (image too blurry for reliable identification)
Coleoptera, genus and species undetermined
Carpet beetle larva (probable)
Anthrenus spp. or related dermestid
Carpet beetle (likely varied carpet beetle adult)
Anthrenus verbasci
Drain fly (moth fly)
Psychodidae, likely Clogmia or a related genus
Carpet beetle larva
Anthrenus spp. (likely Anthrenus scrophulariae)
Jerusalem cricket (potato bug)
Stenopelmatus sp.
Field cricket (likely a house or field cricket)
Gryllus sp.
Unidentified small arthropod
Indeterminable from the image
Red spider mite (likely)
Tetranychus urticae
Bed bug (likely, possibly a crushed specimen)
Cimex lectularius
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