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Brown-banded cockroach (likely)
Supella longipalpa
Varied carpet beetle (adult)
Anthrenus verbasci
Cockroach nymph (likely German cockroach)
Blattella germanica
Brown-banded cockroach nymph
Supella longipalpa
Likely brown-banded cockroach nymph
Supella longipalpa
Scale insect (likely soft scale nymph)
Uncertain; possibly Coccidae, genus Pulvinaria or a related soft-scale genus
Minute scavenger beetle (likely a feather-winged beetle)
Possibly *Ptiliidae* sp.; species-level identification is not reliable from this image
Wheel bug (likely nymph)
Arilus cristatus
Leaf-footed bug (likely squash bug)
Coreidae, likely Anasa sp.
Wheel bug (likely juvenile)
Arilus cristatus
Varied carpet beetle (adult)
Anthrenus verbasci
Dark-winged fungus gnat (probable)
Sciaridae, likely Bradysia species
Varied carpet beetle (likely larva)
Anthrenus verbasci
Varied carpet beetle larva (likely)
Anthrenus verbasci
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle larva)
Anthrenus verbasci
Fungus gnat larva (likely)
Bradysia spp. (probable)
Ant-mimicking spider (likely an ant spider)
Myrmarachne sp. (tentative; species cannot be confirmed from the image)
Click beetle (likely a darkling- or wood-boring beetle)
Uncertain from the photograph; likely family Elateridae or Tenebrionidae
Green lacewing larva (aphid lion), likely carrying debris
Chrysopidae; species indeterminate
White-lined sphinx moth caterpillar (likely)
Hyles lineata
Masked hunter nymph
Reduvius personatus
Carpet beetle (likely adult varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Giant swallowtail caterpillar (likely)
Papilio cresphontes
Barklouse (possibly a winged booklouse)
Psocoptera, likely *Liposcelis* or a related genus
Small house fly (likely lesser house fly)
Fannia canicularis
Unidentified small beetle (possibly a carpet beetle)
Uncertain; possibly *Anthrenus* or *Attagenus* species
Springtail (likely globular springtail)
Order Collembola; species not determinable from this image
Minute brown scavenger beetle (probable)
Possibly *Latridiidae* sp.
Broad-winged fungus gnat (probable)
Family Mycetophilidae; species indeterminate
German cockroach
Blattella germanica
Indistinct small flying insect; possibly a fungus gnat
Bradysia sp. (tentative)
Orb-weaver spider (likely barn orb-weaver)
Araneus species, likely Araneus cavaticus
Bristletail (likely jumping bristletail)
Petrobius sp. (identification from the image is approximate)
Ground beetle
Carabidae; exact species unclear from the image
Darkling beetle (likely a mealworm beetle)
Tenebrio sp., possibly Tenebrio molitor
Field cricket (likely a house/field cricket)
Gryllus sp.
Ground beetle
Carabidae, likely an unidentified species
Oriental cockroach (likely)
Blatta orientalis
Predaceous diving beetle (likely a whirligig or diving beetle)
Dytiscidae sp. (identification uncertain from image)
Ground beetle (likely a black carabid)
Carabidae sp.
Unidentifiable small beetle (possibly a carpet beetle)
Anthrenus sp. (tentative)
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
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