Buffalo Carpet Beetle vs Marsh fleabane

Anthrenus scrophulariae compared with Pluchea carolinensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Marsh fleabane
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Arthropoda (節足動物)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Insecta (昆虫)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order	Coleoptera (コウチュウ目)	Asterales (キク目)
Family	Dermestidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Anthrenus	Pluchea
Species	Anthrenus scrophulariae	Pluchea carolinensis

Conservation Status

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Marsh fleabane

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	Marsh fleabane
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).

Marsh fleabane

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Spain), North America (5 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (6 countries).

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.