Buffalo Carpet Beetle vs small water-pepper

Anthrenus scrophulariae compared with Persicaria minor

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	small water-pepper
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)	Caryophyllales (ナデシコ目)
Family	Dermestidae	Polygonaceae
Genus	Anthrenus	Persicaria
Species	Anthrenus scrophulariae	Persicaria minor

Conservation Status

Buffalo Carpet Beetle

LC — Least Concern

small water-pepper

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buffalo Carpet Beetle	small water-pepper
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).

small water-pepper

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Madagascar), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada), and Oceania and the Pacific (Micronesia, Papua New Guinea).

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.