Aquatic Insect

Not a bug (Debris/Fragment)

N/A

Too blurry to identify

N/A

Household Casebearer or Plaster Bagworm

Phereoeca uterella (or closely related Phereoeca allutella)

Scoliid Wasp

Likely Scolia dubia (Two-spotted Scoliid Wasp) or another species within the Scoliidae family. Positive identification t...

Household Casebearer

Phereoeca uterella

Household Casebearer or Plaster Bagworm

Phereoeca uterella (sometimes referred to as Phereoeca allutella in older texts)

Household Casebearer (often specifically the Plaster Bagworm or Phereoeca uterella)

Phereoeca uterella

Ant

Formicidae (general family name due to lack of specific distinguishing features)

Praying Mantis

Mantis religiosa (for the European Mantis, a common species, though many species exist within the Mantodea order)

Plaster Bagworm (or Household Casebearer)

Phereoeca uterella (or sometimes its close relative, Praececodes atomosella)

Unidentifiable Debris / Mucus (Not a Bug)

N/A

Unknown / Insufficient Data

N/A

Common House Spider (or similar cobweb weaver)

Parasteatoda tepidariorum (likely, given appearance and location)

Not a Bug / Skin Lesion or Wound

N/A

Unable to Identify

N/A

Click Beetle

Family Elateridae

Click Beetle (appears to be a damaged specimen)

Elateridae (family)

Case-bearing Clothes Moth

Tinea pellionella

Tungiasis (Infection by the Chigoe Flea or Jigger)

Tunga penetrans

None (non-biological material)

N/A

Great Black Wasp

Sphex pensylvanicus

Not a bug (Debris/Scab/Skin Flake)

N/A (Biological Debris)

Drywood Termite (Frass)

Kalotermitidae

Praying Mantis

Various species, commonly Mantis religiosa or Tenodera sinensis (depending on region)

Yellow Garden Spider

Argiope aurantia

Orb-weaver spider

Araneidae (family)

There is not enough visual information to confidently identify a specific insect.

N/A

Household Casebearer Moth (larva)

Phereoeca uterella

Silverfish

Lepisma saccharina

Chigger (Harvest Mite Larva)

Trombiculidae (Family)

Orb Weaver Spider

Araneidae (various genera)

Junk bug (Green lacewing larva)

Chrysoperla rufilabris

Carpet Beetle

Dermestes lardarius (Larder Beetle) or Anthrenus scrophulariae (Common Carpet Beetle) or similar species within Dermesti...

Carpet Beetle Larva (Shed Skin / Exuviae)

Anthrenus verbasci (most likely Varied Carpet Beetle)

Chigger (Harvest Mite Larva)

Trombicula species (Family: Trombiculidae)

Not a bug/insect (Likely Ink Pigment or Fiber Stain)

N/A

Firebrat

Thermobia domestica

Skin Flake / Scab / Debris (Not an Insect)

N/A (Biological Detritus)

Walking Stick, Stick Insect, Phasmid

Various species, e.g., Diapheromera femorata (Common American Walkingstick)

There is insufficient evidence to identify a specific insect.

N/A

Unknown / Likely Non-Insect Debris

N/A (Inanimate Object or Skin Secretion)

Non-insect Artifact/Debris (Not a bug)

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