Aquatic Insect

Garden Spider / Yellow Garden Spider

Argiope aurantia

Ghost ant

Tapinoma melanocephalum

Carpet beetle larva

Family Dermestidae (larva)

Chigger (Harvest Mite Larva)

Trombicula alfreddugesi (common species in North America)

Earwig

Forficula auricularia (Common Earwig) or other Dermaptera species

Household Casebearer (also known as the Plaster Bagworm)

Phereoeca uterella

Household Casebearer (often confused with Plaster Bagworm)

Phereoeca uterella (formerly Phereoeca allutella) or Phereoeca praecox

Katydid

Various genera and species within the family Tettigoniidae (e.g., Pterophylla camellifolia for Common True Katydid)

Katydid nymph

Tettigoniidae (nymph)

Lacewing Larva (often called 'Trash Bug' or 'Aphid Lion')

Chrysopidae family (specifically the larval form)

Golden Silk Orb-weaver (likely species in genus Trichonephila or Nephila)

Trichonephila (formerly Nephila), specific species identification is difficult from the image but common ones include Tr...

Human Skin Sebum Plug (or Keratin Plug)

Sebaceous Filament / Comedo

Earwax (Cerumen)

Cerumen

Inconclusive (Likely debris or non-biological material)

None assigned

Human Skin Flakes (Dandruff/Desquamation)

Stratum corneum cells (Keratinocytes)

Springtail

Collembola (various species)

Jumping Spider

Salticidae (various genera)

Unknown (Bite/Skin Irritation Only)

N/A - Specimen not present

Boxelder Bug

Boisea trivittata

Not a bug (Debris/Skin/Artifact)

N/A

Inconclusive (Requires medical evaluation)

Unknown

Plaster Bagworm (or Household Casebearer)

Phereoeca uterella

Not a Bug/Insect (Likely a Skin Lesion or Mole)

N/A

Fly Pupae

Musca domestica (likely House Fly)

Household Casebearer Case

Phereoeca uterella (or related species like Phereoeca allutella)

Carpet Beetle Larva

Anthrenus verbasci (Varied Carpet Beetle) or similar Dermestidae species

Household Casebearer (Plaster Bagworm)

Phereoeca uterella

Booklouse

Psocoptera

Household Casebearer Moth

Phereoeca uterella

Varied Carpet Beetle

Anthrenus verbasci

Booklouse (or Psocid)

Liposcelis spp. (Common household genus)

Carpet beetle larva

Family Dermestidae (larva)

Plaster Bagworm / Household Casebearer

Phereoeca uterella

Carpet Beetle Larva

Superfamily Dermestoidea, several genera

Minute Pirate Bug

Orius insidiosus

Masked Hunter Nymph

Reduvius personatus

Book louse (or Booklice)

Liposcelis spp. (often Liposcelis bostrychophila)

Household Casebearer or Plaster Bagworm

Phereoeca uterella

Human Skin Cell / Debris (Not an insect)

N/A - Non-biological organism

Not a bug/insect (Dried Mucus or Debris)

N/A

Not a bug/insect (Burnt food fragment)

N/A (Inanimate object)

Unidentifiable Insect (Image too blurry)

N/A