Bear-Grape vs Brown Carpet Beetle

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi compared with Attagenus smirnovi

Key Differences

• Bear-Grape is Least Concern while Brown Carpet Beetle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bear-Grape	Brown Carpet Beetle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Ericales (Ericales)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Ericaceae	Dermestidae
Genus	Arctostaphylos	Attagenus
Species	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	Attagenus smirnovi

Conservation Status

Bear-Grape

LC — Least Concern

Brown Carpet Beetle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bear-Grape	Brown Carpet Beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bear-Grape

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

Brown Carpet Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (13 countries).

Bear-Grape

The Bear-Grape (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) is a species in the genus Arctostaphylos. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Brown Carpet Beetle

The Brown Carpet Beetle (Attagenus smirnovi) is a species in the genus Attagenus. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats. Found across Europe (13 countries). It is found across Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇫🇷 France 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden