Buffalo Carpet Beetle vs Horse Mint

Anthrenus scrophulariae compared with Mentha longifolia

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Horse Mint
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Dermestidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Anthrenus	Mentha
Species	Anthrenus scrophulariae	Mentha longifolia

Conservation Status

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Horse Mint

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Horse Mint
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).

Horse Mint

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Guinea and Norway.

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.