Buffalo Carpet Beetle vs Water spangles

Anthrenus scrophulariae compared with Salvinia minima

Key Differences

Buffalo Carpet Beetle is Least Concern while Water spangles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Water spangles
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Dermestidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Anthrenus	Salvinia
Species	Anthrenus scrophulariae	Salvinia minima

Conservation Status

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Water spangles
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).

Water spangles

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Sri Lanka), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, 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.