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Image too indistinct for reliable identification
Undetermined
Booklouse (psocid)
Likely Liposcelis spp.
Unidentifiable insect remains
Not determinable from the image
Red flour beetle (likely)
Tribolium castaneum
Carpet beetle larva
Anthrenus spp. (likely Anthrenus scrophulariae)
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle larva)
Anthrenus verbasci
Red velvet mite
Trombidiidae, likely genus *Trombidium*
Masked hunter (nymph), likely
Reduvius personatus
Red flour beetle (likely)
Tribolium castaneum
No identifiable insect visible
Not applicable
Unknown; no insect visible
Not applicable
Monarch caterpillar and monarch chrysalis
Danaus plexippus
Monarch butterfly caterpillar with attached monarch chrysalis
Danaus plexippus
Stonefly nymph (likely)
Plecoptera; species indeterminate
Indeterminate; likely an insect bite or sting
Not identifiable from the image
Brown-banded cockroach (likely nymph)
Supella longipalpa
Whitefly (likely greenhouse whitefly)
Trialeurodes vaporariorum
Elm sawfly larva (probable)
Cimbex americana
June beetle (June bug)
Phyllophaga spp.
Praying mantis
Likely a Chinese mantis (Tenodera sinensis)
Short-tailed stonefly nymph
Likely Perlidae genus *Acroneuria* or *Perla* (exact identification requires locality and clearer features)
Flea beetle (likely)
Alticini sp. (genus/species uncertain from image)
Bed bug
Cimex lectularius
Red-headed cardinal beetle (likely)
Pyrochroa serraticornis
Carpet beetle larva
Likely Anthrenus spp. (varied carpet beetle group)
Tick (likely an engorged hard tick)
Ixodidae; species cannot be determined from this image
Tree cricket
Likely *Oecanthus* species
Brown recluse spider (probable)
Loxosceles reclusa
Bristletail millipede (likely a pill millipede)
Order Glomerida; likely Glomeris species
Brown marmorated stink bug (likely)
Halyomorpha halys
Broad-nosed weevil
Curculionidae sp.
Spider beetle (likely)
Ptinus sp.
Cellar spider (likely long-bodied cellar spider)
Pholcus phalangioides
Masked hunter (assassin bug)
Reduvius personatus
Brown recluse spider (tentative)
Loxosceles reclusa
False widow spider (likely noble false widow)
Steatoda nobilis (probable; image-based identification)
Cellar spider (daddy longlegs spider)
Pholcus phalangioides
Case-bearing clothes moth larvae (likely)
Tinea pellionella
Katydid nymph (likely a conehead katydid)
Neoconocephalus sp.
Rove beetle (likely a Paederus-type beetle)
Paederus sp.
Monarch butterfly
Danaus plexippus
Green stink bug nymph
Likely Chinavia hilaris (green stink bug), nymph
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