Aquatic Insect

Earwax

Cerumen

Human Skin Cell / Dead Skin Flake

Keratinocyte (cellular level)

Tonsil Stone (Tonsillolith)

Tonsillolith

Likely Earwax (Cerumen) or Dried Organic Debris

Cerumen

None (Non-living material)

Not applicable

Sooty Mold / Mildew (not an insect)

Various species of fungi, often within the class Dothideomycetes, that produce dark, soot-like mycelial growth.

Non-insect matter (likely food debris)

None (non-biological material)

Varied Carpet Beetle

Anthrenus verbasci

Inconclusive (Non-biological material)

N/A

Not a bug (Human Skin/Mole)

Homo sapiens (Epidermis/Melanocytic nevus)

Not a bug (Skin texture/Lesion)

N/A

Undetermined (appears to be biological or environmental debris)

N/A

Unknown (Unidentifiable Image Quality)

N/A

Inconclusive (Non-biological material or specimen remains)

N/A

Carpet Beetle Larva

Anthrenus verbasci

Unknown (Possible debris or biological discharge)

N/A

Inconclusive (Likely non-biological fiber)

N/A

Non-insect material (likely food residue or plant matter)

Not applicable

None (Non-Biological Material)

N/A

Debris-carrying Lacewing Larva (Junk Bug or Trash Bug)

Family sub-order Hemerobiiformia (various genera like Chrysoperla)

Debris-Carrying Lacewing Larva (Junk Bug)

Chrysopidae (family)

Unidentifiable Fragment

Undeterminable

Green Lacewing Larva (Junk Bug)

Chrysopidae (larvae)

Inconclusive (Likely non-biological debris or skin cell)

Unknown

Yellowjacket

Vespula spp. or Dolichovespula spp. (common species include Vespula vulgaris, Vespula germanica, Dolichovespula maculata...

Unknown/Indistinguishable (No insect visible)

N/A

Carpenter Ant

Camponotus ssp.

Dandruff or Skin Flakes (Non-Insect)

Stratum corneum debris

Mole (Nevo)

Melanocytic nevus

Milium

Milium

Scale Insect (specifically resembling a Soft Scale)

Coccoidea (Superfamily), often family Coccidae

Bald-faced hornet

Dolichovespula maculata

No insect identified (Plant material / Root / Twig fragment)

N/A - Non-biological or botanical material

Likely Earwax (Cerumen) - Not an Insect

Cerumen

Unidentifiable Object (Likely not an insect)

N/A

Inanimate organic material (Not an insect)

N/A

Inconclusive (Likely Non-Insect Material)

N/A

Debris-Carrying Lacewing Larva (often nickname "Trash Bug" or "Junk Bug")

Certain species within the family Chrysopidae (e.g., Ceraeochrysa spp. or Leucochrysa spp.)

Not a bug (Debris/Skin Flake)

N/A

Inconclusive (Likely Lint or Debris)

N/A

Junk bug (Green Lacewing Larva)

Chrysoperla carnea

Debris-carrying Lacewing Larva (Junk Bug)

Family Chrysopidae (genus vary)