Bug Identifier

Skin Flake or Debris (Not an Insect)

Skin Flake or Debris (Not an Insect)

N/A

Human Skin Flake / Scab / Debris (Not an Insect)

Human Skin Flake / Scab / Debris (Not an Insect)

N/A (Biological debris)

Grapevine Beetle

Grapevine Beetle

Pelidnota punctata

Great Leopard Moth

Great Leopard Moth

Hypercompe scribonia

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio glaucus

Rainbow Scarab

Rainbow Scarab

Phanaeus vindex

Booklouse (or Psocid)

Booklouse (or Psocid)

Liposcelis spp. (Common genus for household booklice)

Non-Insect Debris (Likely Skin Flakes, Dandruff, or Lint)

Non-Insect Debris (Likely Skin Flakes, Dandruff, or Lint)

N/A (Not an organism)

Non-insect Artifact/Debris (Not a bug)

Non-insect Artifact/Debris (Not a bug)

N/A (Likely dust, lint, skin flake, or mineral debris)

Varied Carpet Beetle

Varied Carpet Beetle

Anthrenus verbasci

Varied Carpet Beetle

Varied Carpet Beetle

Anthrenus verbasci

Plume Moth

Plume Moth

Pterophoridae (Family)

Tick

Tick

Ixodida (Order)

Brown Recluse Spider

Brown Recluse Spider

Loxosceles reclusa

Not a bug (likely debris or biological matter)

Not a bug (likely debris or biological matter)

N/A

Household Casebearer (often referred to as a Plaster Bagworm or Case-bearing Clothes Moth larva)

Household Casebearer (often referred to as a Plaster Bagworm or Case-bearing Clothes Moth larva)

Phereoeca uterella (often confused with Tinea pellionella)

Masked Hunter Nymph (Camouflaged state)

Masked Hunter Nymph (Camouflaged state)

Reduvius personatus

Springtail (likely)

Springtail (likely)

Collembola (subclass)

Pharaoh Ant (Debris/Remains)

Pharaoh Ant (Debris/Remains)

Monomorium pharaonis

Horsehair Worm

Horsehair Worm

Gordius species (Phylum Nematomorpha)

Carpet Beetle Larva (likely distinct)

Carpet Beetle Larva (likely distinct)

Anthrenus verbasci (most common species)

Unknown/Unidentifiable Insect Fragment

Unknown/Unidentifiable Insect Fragment

N/A (Specimen too degraded)

Varied Carpet Beetle

Varied Carpet Beetle

Anthrenus verbasci

Varied Carpet Beetle (Larva)

Varied Carpet Beetle (Larva)

Anthrenus verbasci

Varied Carpet Beetle Larva (often called 'Woolly Bear')

Varied Carpet Beetle Larva (often called 'Woolly Bear')

Anthrenus verbasci (larval stage)

Scabies Mite

Scabies Mite

Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis

Cockroach Egg Case Fragment (Ootheca) or Molted Skin

Cockroach Egg Case Fragment (Ootheca) or Molted Skin

Blattodea (Order)

Bed Bug

Bed Bug

Cimex lectularius

Bed Bug

Bed Bug

Cimex lectularius

Carpet Beetle (likely Varied Carpet Beetle)

Carpet Beetle (likely Varied Carpet Beetle)

Anthrenus verbasci

Silverfish

Silverfish

Lepisma saccharinum

Plaster Bagworm (or Household Casebearer)

Plaster Bagworm (or Household Casebearer)

Phereoeca uterella

Not a bug (likely lint, fuzz, or debris)

Not a bug (likely lint, fuzz, or debris)

N/A

Debris-Carrying Lacewing Larva (often called 'Junk Bug' or 'Trash Bug')

Debris-Carrying Lacewing Larva (often called 'Junk Bug' or 'Trash Bug')

Family Chrysopidae (Larval stage)

Masked Hunter Nymph (Dust Bug)

Masked Hunter Nymph (Dust Bug)

Reduvius personatus

Booklouse

Booklouse

Liposcelis spp. (likely)

No insect identified

No insect identified

N/A

Morgellons Fiber (Artifact / Not an Insect)

Morgellons Fiber (Artifact / Not an Insect)

N/A (Typically textile fiber, lint, or environmental debris)

Skin Flakes / Dandruff / Debris (Not an Insect)

Skin Flakes / Dandruff / Debris (Not an Insect)

N/A (Biological debris)

Unknown / Indeterminate (Likely debris or artifact)

Unknown / Indeterminate (Likely debris or artifact)

N/A

Carpet Beetle Larva (Shed skin/exuviae)

Carpet Beetle Larva (Shed skin/exuviae)

Anthrenus verbasci (typically)

Booklouse (or Psocid)

Booklouse (or Psocid)

Liposcelis spp. (Common household genus)

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