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Moth fly (drain fly)
Psychodidae, likely Clogmia albipunctata
Cellar spider (likely long-bodied cellar spider)
Pholcus phalangioides
Cockroach, likely a German cockroach
Blattella germanica
Flea (likely cat flea)
Ctenocephalides felis
Cockroach, likely German cockroach
Blattella germanica
Stag beetle (female)
Likely Lucanus species; exact species requires location and clearer diagnostic features
Carpet beetle larva
Anthrenus sp.
Cockroach nymph, likely German cockroach
Blattella germanica
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Figeater beetle (green fruit beetle)
Cotinis mutabilis
Likely blacklegged (deer) tick nymph
Ixodes scapularis (North America) or Ixodes ricinus (Europe)
Flea
Order Siphonaptera; species cannot be confirmed from this image
Louse (likely a head louse)
Pediculus humanus capitis
Likely bed bug (image uncertain)
Cimex lectularius
Unidentified tiny beetle or mite
Not determinable from the image
Fleas (likely adult cat or dog fleas)
Ctenocephalides felis or Ctenocephalides canis
Likely booklouse (psocid)
Order Psocodea; species uncertain from the image
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Unidentified tiny arthropod; possibly a springtail or psocid
Collembola or Psocoptera; species cannot be determined from this image
Likely carpet beetle larva
Anthrenus spp. (identification uncertain from image)
Springtail
Collembola (likely a household springtail; exact species cannot be determined from the image)
Unidentifiable tiny arthropod (possibly a carpet beetle larva or mite)
Not determinable from the image
Likely carpet beetle larva
Anthrenus spp. or Attagenus spp. (identification uncertain from the image)
Carpet beetle larva (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
Bed bug (likely nymph)
Cimex lectularius
Green fig beetle (figeater beetle)
Cotinis mutabilis
Large house spider (likely)
Eratigena duellica or Eratigena atrica
Potato aphid (likely)
Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Green shield bug (stink bug)
Likely *Palomena* species (exact species uncertain from the image)
Milkweed bug (likely small milkweed bug)
Lygaeus kalmii
Bed bug (likely nymph)
Cimex lectularius
Springtail (likely globular springtail)
Order Collembola; exact species cannot be determined from the image
Elephant hawk-moth caterpillar
Deilephila elpenor
Carpet beetle (likely varied carpet beetle)
Anthrenus verbasci
German cockroach nymph
Blattella germanica
Carpet beetle larva (likely)
Anthrenus sp.
Darkling beetle (likely a stink beetle)
Eleodes sp.
Death’s-head cockroach (likely Madagascar hissing cockroach)
Gromphadorhina portentosa (probable)
Dung beetle (likely a scarab beetle)
Scarabaeidae sp.; exact species cannot be confirmed from the photograph
June beetle (May beetle)
Phyllophaga spp.
Predaceous diving beetle
Likely Dytiscus species (exact species uncertain from the image)
Larger carrion beetle (likely a burying beetle)
Nicrophorus sp.
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