Bed Bug Cast Skin (Exuvia)

Cimex lectularius (associated shedding)

Bed Bug (Nymph or early stage)

Cimex lectularius

Unidentifiable Debris / Dried Biological Material (Not an Insect)

N/A

Carpet Beetle Larva (specifically the shed skin or exuvia)

Anthrenus verbasci (most likely species)

Carpet Beetle (Larva)

Anthrenus verbasci (typically Varied Carpet Beetle)

Skin Debris or Detritus (Misidentified as Insect)

N/A (Inanimate matter)

Bloodworm (Midge Fly Larva)

Chironomus spp.

Booklouse (or Psocid)

Liposcelis spp. (Common genus for household booklice)

Insect Leg (likely from a Spider or Crane Fly)

N/A (Fragment)

Bed Bug Nymph

Cimex lectularius

Not a bug (Likely debris, scab, or plant matter)

N/A

Thread-legged Bug

Emesinae (Subfamily within Reduviidae)

Cockroach Nymph / Ootheca Fragment (Unidentifiable Specimen)

Blattodea (Order)

Not a Bug (Debris/Artifact)

N/A

Bed Bug (Exoskeleton/Shed Skin)

Cimex lectularius

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (likely remains)

Halyomorpha halys

Plaster Bagworm (or Household Casebearer)

Phereoeca uterella

Bed Bug (Shed Skin/Exuvia)

Cimex lectularius

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Halyomorpha halys

Scabies Mite (or Mite Debris/Burrow)

Sarcoptes scabiei

Case-bearing Clothes Moth Larva

Tinea pellionella

Lint / Debris (Not an identification of an insect)

N/A

Unable to Identify

N/A

Human Skin Flakes (Dandruff/Desquamation)

Stratum corneum cells (Keratinocytes)

Not identifiable

N/A

Plaster Bagworm (or Household Casebearer)

Phereoeca uterella

Case-bearing Clothes Moth (specimen likely a larva inside its case)

Tinea pellionella

Skin Flakes / Debris (Not an Insect)

N/A (Inanimate biological material)

Pharaoh Ant

Monomorium pharaonis

Unidentifiable organic debris (Likely crushed insect or earwax/debris)

N/A

Case-bearing Clothes Moth (Larva)

Tinea pellionella

Not an insect (Likely dried fruit, resin, or earwax)

N/A

Unidentifiable Organic Matter (Not clearly an insect)

N/A

Earwax (Cerumen)

N/A (Biological Substance)

Not a Bug (Scab or Blood Spot)

N/A (Biological/Medical residue)

Drugstore Beetle

Stegobium paniceum

Drugstore Beetle (often mistaken for Cigarette Beetle)

Stegobium paniceum

Bed Bug

Cimex lectularius

Not an Insect (Likely Earwax or Dried Material)

Cerumen (if earwax)

Bed Bug

Cimex lectularius

Scabies Mite

Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis

Unidentifiable organic matter or debris (Inconclusive)

N/A