Buffalo Carpet Beetle vs Glaucous Aster

Anthrenus scrophulariae compared with Symphyotrichum laeve

Key Differences

Buffalo Carpet Beetle is Least Concern while Glaucous Aster is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Glaucous Aster
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Dermestidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Anthrenus	Symphyotrichum
Species	Anthrenus scrophulariae	Symphyotrichum laeve

Conservation Status

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Glaucous Aster

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Glaucous Aster
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).

Glaucous Aster

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (Turkey), Europe (Denmark, Norway, Sweden), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.