Buffalo Carpet Beetle vs Vegetable fern

Anthrenus scrophulariae compared with Diplazium esculentum

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Dermestidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Anthrenus	Diplazium
Species	Anthrenus scrophulariae	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Vegetable 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).

Vegetable fern

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

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.