Buffalo Carpet Beetle vs Rose glorybower

Anthrenus scrophulariae compared with Clerodendrum bungei

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Rose glorybower
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	Clerodendrum
Species	Anthrenus scrophulariae	Clerodendrum bungei

Conservation Status

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Rose glorybower

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Rose glorybower
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).

Rose glorybower

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Georgia, Japan, Turkey), Europe (Belgium, Italy), North America (Nicaragua, United States), and South America (Brazil).

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.