Bed Bug (Crushed)

Cimex lectularius

Ant Head (Isolated)

Formicidae (Genus/Species indeterminate)

Cave Cricket / Camel Cricket

Diestrammena asynamora

Common Bed Bug (Immature/Nymph)

Cimex lectularius

Not a bug (Hair or Fiber)

N/A

N/A

N/A

Unidentifiable Object (Likely Debris or Lint)

N/A

Ice Worm

Mesenchytraeus solifugus

Mold Mite (also known as Cheese Mite or Flour Mite)

Tyrophagus putrescentiae

Mold and Debris Accumulation (Not an insect)

N/A (Fungal growth/Inorganic debris)

Booklouse

Liposcelis spp. (Common household genera)

Inconclusive (Non-biological material or debris)

N/A

Praying Mantis Egg Case

Ootheca (produced by Mantodea)

Salt Marsh Caterpillar

Estigmene acrea

Varied Carpet Beetle

Anthrenus verbasci

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Halyomorpha halys

Carpet Beetle Larva (Shed skin/exuvia)

Anthrenus verbasci (specifically Varied Carpet Beetle)

Not a bug/Insect (likely earwax, dried resin, or food crumb)

N/A

Not a bug (likely Salt, Sugar, or Mineral Residue)

Sodium Chloride (if salt), Sucrose (if sugar), or Calcium Carbonate (if scale)

Not a bug/insect

N/A

Horsehair Worm (also known as Gordian Worm)

Gordius robustus (and other species within the Phylum Nematomorpha)

Silverfish

Lepisma saccharinum

No identifiable insect present

N/A

Lint / Debris (Not an Insect)

Gossypium debris (colloquial placeholder, not actually an organism)

Plaster Bagworm (or Household Casebearer)

Phereoeca uterella

Silverfish

Lepisma saccharinum

Not a Bug (Likely Dried Skin, Scab, or Resin)

N/A

Flea Larva

Ctenocephalides felis (Most likely, the Cat Flea)

It cannot be identified as an insect

N/A

Dog Tick (American Dog Tick)

Dermacentor variabilis

Unidentifiable Object (Likely a Stain or Dirt)

N/A

Not a Bug (Scab or Skin Flake)

N/A (Biological detritus)

Household Casebearer (also known as the Plaster Bagworm)

Phereoeca uterella

Soft Tick (likely Bat Tick or similar genus)

Carios kelleyi (Bat Tick) or within the Argasidae family

Non-Insect Object (Likely skin flake or fabric residue)

N/A (Inanimate object)

Skin Flake / Debris (Not an insect)

N/A (Likely desquamated epithelium)

Unknown/Unidentifiable (Likely Debris, Styrofoam, or Fungal Matter)

N/A

Freshwater Hydra

Hydra sp. (likely Hydra vulgaris or similar)

Not a bug (Debris/Lint)

N/A

Aphid

Aphidoidea (Superfamily)

Not an insect (likely mucus, biofilm, or plant debris)

N/A

Shark Tooth (This is not an insect)

N/A (Fossilized or modern Selachimorpha tooth)