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Brown marmorated stink bug (likely)
Halyomorpha halys
Leaf-footed bug (likely western conifer seed bug)
Leptoglossus occidentalis
House centipede (likely)
Scutigera coleoptrata
Red admiral butterfly
Vanessa atalanta
Comma butterfly
Polygonia c-album
Colorado potato beetle (likely larva)
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Whitefly (likely woolly whitefly)
Aleurothrixus floccosus (probable)
Leaf-footed bug (likely a coreid nymph)
Coreidae, genus/species uncertain
Woolly bear caterpillar (likely a giant leopard moth caterpillar)
Hypercompe scribonia (larva)
House spider (likely funnel weaver)
Tegenaria domestica
Unidentifiable from image
Not determinable
Golden orb-weaver (banana spider)
Trichonephila clavipes
Field earwig
Forficula auricularia
Great golden digger wasp
Sphex ichneumoneus
Wheel bug (juvenile)
Arilus cristatus
Spider beetle (likely a smooth spider beetle)
Gibbium aequinoctiale
Flea (tentative identification)
Siphonaptera; likely Ctenocephalides species
Cellar spider (likely long-bodied cellar spider)
Pholcus phalangioides
Broad mite (probable)
Polyphagotarsonemus latus
Likely carpet beetle larva
Anthrenus spp. or Attagenus spp. (identification uncertain from the image)
Brown-banded cockroach (likely)
Supella longipalpa
Pillbug (woodlouse)
Likely Armadillidium vulgare
Unidentifiable from image; possibly a small cockroach nymph or beetle
Cannot be determined from the photograph
Darkling beetle (likely a small pantry beetle)
Uncertain from the image; possibly *Alphitobius diaperinus*
Not identifiable from the image
Undetermined
Unidentifiable from the image
Cannot be determined
Unidentifiable from image
Not determinable
Unidentified small fly (likely fruit fly)
Drosophila sp.
Small fly (likely fruit fly)
Drosophila spp., likely Drosophila melanogaster
Cellar spider (likely long-bodied cellar spider)
Pholcus phalangioides
Bold jumping spider
Phidippus audax
Ground beetle (likely a black ground beetle)
Carabidae sp.
Red flour beetle (likely)
Tribolium castaneum
Mud dauber nest (likely blue mud dauber)
Chalybion sp. (nest; exact species uncertain)
Case-bearing clothes moth larva (case moth larva)
Tineola bisselliella (likely)
Barklouse (booklouse)
Order Psocodea; species-level identification unavailable from this image
Cockroach oothecae (egg cases), likely German cockroach
Blattella germanica
Leaf-footed bug (probable squash bug relative)
Coreidae sp.
Golden orb-weaver (banana spider)
Trichonephila clavipes
Cellar spider (likely long-bodied cellar spider)
Pholcus phalangioides
Long-bodied cellar spider (likely)
Pholcus phalangioides
No insect visible; likely keratosis pilaris (“chicken skin”)
Not applicable; this is a skin condition, not a bug
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