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Eastern Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa virginica
Velvet Ant (Specifically a wingless female)
Dasymutilla occidentalis (Note: precise species identification varies by region)
Lawn Ant (Likely Citronella Ant or Winter Ant)
Lasius sp. (possibly Lasius claviger)
Yellow Sac Spider
Cheiracanthium inclusum
Tersa Sphinx Moth
Xylophanes tersa
Dermestid Beetle / Hide Beetle (Skeleton Cleaner)
Dermestes maculatus
Small-eyed Sphinx Moth
Paonias myops
Earwig
Forficula auricularia
Green Stink Bug
Chinavia hilaris
Grass Spider (Funnel-web Spider)
Agelenopsis ssp.
Triceratops Beetle (female)
Phileurus truncatus
Japanese Beetle
Popillia japonica
Western Conifer Seed Bug nymph
Leptoglossus occidentalis
Western Conifer Seed Bug
Leptoglossus occidentalis
Merchant Grain Beetle
Oryzaephilus mercator
Carpet Beetle
Anthrenus verbasci
Earwig (likely European Earwig)
Forficula auricularia
Storage mites (e.g., Grain mite, Flour mite, Mold mite)
Acarus siro and related species
Junk bug (Green lacewing larva)
Chrysoperla rufilabris
Booklice
Psocoptera
No insect identified
N/A
Human Head Louse (Egg/Nit)
Pediculus humanus capitis
Brown Lacewing Larva (Debris Carrier)
Family Hemerobiidae
Mealybug
Pseudococcidae (family)
Webspinner
Embioptera (Order name)
Head Louse
Pediculus humanus capitis
Common Tan Wave
Pleuroprucha insulsaria
German Cockroach
Blattella germanica
Jumping Spider
Platycryptus undatus
Brown-banded Cockroach
Supella longipalpa
German Cockroach
Blattella germanica
German Cockroach
Blattella germanica
Wolf Spider
Lycosidae family (genus/species uncertain from image)
German Cockroach
Blattella germanica
Millipede
Class Diplopoda
Small Winter Stonefly
Allocapnia spp.
Termite Alate (Swimmer)
Isoptera (Infraorder)
Itch mite (Scabies mite)
Sarcoptes scabiei
Unknown (Skin reaction only)
Undetermined
Bed Bug
Cimex lectularius
Bed Bug
Cimex lectularius
Bloodstain (likely from a bed bug or crushed insect)
Cimex lectularius (associated species)
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