Buffalo Carpet Beetle vs Dickie's bladder-fern

Anthrenus scrophulariae compared with Cystopteris dickieana

Key Differences

Buffalo Carpet Beetle is Least Concern while Dickie's bladder-fern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Dickie's bladder-fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Dermestidae	Cystopteridaceae
Genus	Anthrenus	Cystopteris
Species	Anthrenus scrophulariae	Cystopteris dickieana

Conservation Status

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Dickie's bladder-fern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Dickie's bladder-fern
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

Dickie's bladder-fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Norway and Portugal.

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

The Buffalo Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus scrophulariae) is a species in the genus Anthrenus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.