Thrips

Thysanoptera

Slug (Potential Dried Specimen or Fragment)

Gastropoda (Class level identification)

Rat-tailed Maggot (Larva of the Drone Fly)

Eristalis tenax (larval stage)

Unidentifiable due to image quality

N/A

Plaster Bagworm (or Household Casebearer)

Phereoeca uterella

Unidentifiable Object (Likely Debris, Scab, or Speck)

N/A

Not a Bug (likely debris, frass, or dried plant matter)

N/A

Household Casebearer or Plaster Bagworm

Phereoeca uterella (or sometimes Phereoeca allutella contextually)

Tomato Skin (Not an insect)

Solanum lycopersicum (fruit epidermis)

Horsehair Worm

Gordius spp. (Phylum Nematomorpha)

Undetermined Organic Matter (Likely Sauce or Food Debris)

N/A

Cochineal

Dactylopius coccus

Cochineal

Dactylopius coccus

None (Non-Biological Object)

Not applicable

Hard Tick (fragment)

Ixodidae (Family level identification)

Cochineal Scale

Dactylopius coccus

Bird Lice (Mallophaga)

Phthiraptera (suborder Ischnocera or Amblycera)

Junk bug (also known as Aphid Lion)

Chrysopa spp. or Ceraeochrysa spp. (larva)

Eastern lubber grasshopper (nymph)

Romalea microptera

Unidentifiable Debris / Likely Lint or Stain

N/A

Scabies Mite (Microscopic view of burrow)

Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis

Bed Bug (Debris/Fragment/Casing)

Cimex lectularius

Not a bug/insect (Likely Earwax or Dried Resin)

Propolis (if earwax) or Resin (if plant matter)

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Two-lined Chestnut Borer

Agrilus bilineatus

Unidentifiable Object/Texture

N/A

Puss Caterpillar / Asp

Megalopyge opercularis

Webbing Clothes Moth Larva

Tineola bisselliella

Bed Bug (Fecal Stains and Debris)

Cimex lectularius

Eastern Lubber Grasshopper

Romalea microptera

Household Casebearer (often confused with Plaster Bagworm)

Phereoeca uterella or Phereoeca allutella

Black Carpet Beetle (Likely)

Attagenus unicolor

Household Casebearer (often referred to as Plaster Bagworm)

Phereoeca uterella or Phereoeca allutella

Not a bug (likely debris or crystalline material)

N/A

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

Chrysopidae (Family level, likely Ceraeochrysa or Leucochrysa species)

Tapeworm Segment (Proglottid)

Dipylidium caninum (most common species found in homes)

Booklouse (Booklice)

Liposcelis spp. (commonly part of the genus Liposcelis)

Non-insect Debris (Likely skin flake or scab)

N/A

Body Louse

Pediculus humanus humanus

Masked Hunter (Nymph stage)

Reduvius personatus

Horsehair Worm

Gordius sp. (part of Phylum Nematomorpha)

Dust Mite

Dermatophagoides spp. (most commonly Dermatophagoides farinae or Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus)