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Cluster fly
Pollenia rudis
Unidentifiable insect fragments or debris
Not determinable from the image
Bed bug
Cimex lectularius
Unclear; likely a crushed small beetle or mite
Cannot be determined reliably from the image
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Bed bug (likely shed skin or crushed specimen)
Cimex lectularius
Bed bug
Cimex lectularius
Likely mosquito bite(s)
Culicidae, genus/species indeterminate
Unidentifiable insect (image obstructed)
Cannot be determined from the photograph
Likely bed bug bites (the insect is not visible)
Cimex lectularius
Not identifiable from the image
Undetermined
Soldier beetle (flower beetle)
Likely *Chauliognathus* sp.
Soldier beetles (likely goldenrod soldier beetles)
Chauliognathus spp., likely Chauliognathus pensylvanicus
Unidentifiable from the image
Not determinable
Broad-faced sac spider (likely)
Trachelas sp.
Jumping spider (likely a zebra spider)
Salticus scenicus (probable)
Wireworm (click beetle larva), likely a mealworm-like beetle larva
Elateridae larva; exact species cannot be determined from the image
Wireworm (click-beetle larva)
Elateridae gen. et sp. indet.
Soft tick (likely a spinose ear tick or related species)
Argas spp. (species-level identification requires microscopy)
Ant (likely a carpenter ant)
Camponotus sp.
Termite (likely a worker or reproductive)
Isoptera (termite; species indeterminate from image)
Cutworm (likely army cutworm or related noctuid caterpillar)
Noctuidae, likely genus *Agrotis* or a close relative
Carpet beetle (adult), likely a varied carpet beetle
Anthrenus verbasci
Brown-banded cockroach (likely nymph)
Supella longipalpa
Bumblebee
Bombus species (likely a native bumblebee)
Uncertain; likely a small beetle
Not identifiable from this image
Yellow garden spider (black-and-yellow argiope)
Argiope aurantia
Likely spider beetle
Ptinus sp. (identification uncertain from image)
Dragonfly (likely a clubtail)
Gomphidae, likely Gomphus sp.
Small plant bug (likely a leaf-footed bug nymph)
Likely Leptoglossus sp. (identification uncertain from the image)
Common pill millipede
Glomeris marginata (likely)
Fungus gnat (likely)
Sciaridae sp.
Small plant bug (likely tarnished plant bug)
Lygus lineolaris
Unidentifiable small true bug (possibly a plant bug or stink bug nymph)
Not determinable from the image
Flea beetle (likely)
Alticini sp.
Ticks (likely a soft tick or engorged hard tick)
Uncertain from image; possibly *Dermacentor* or *Rhipicephalus* species
Pleated graphipterus beetle (likely)
Graphipterus sp.
Bluebottle blow fly
Calliphora vicina
Honey bee
Apis mellifera
Fur beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Small house spider (likely a cobweb spider)
Parasteatoda tepidariorum
House spider (likely funnel weaver)
Tegenaria domestica
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