Anthrenus isabellinus

Anthrenus isabellinus · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Dermestidae

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Anthrenus isabellinus
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Anthrenus isabellinus is a carpet beetle in the Dermestidae family. The species has been introduced to the eastern United States.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Anthrenus isabellinus belongs to the carpet beetle group in the family Dermestidae.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It has also been introduced to the eastern United States.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 12 of 51 states and DC. Most records: New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey, District of Columbia, Tennessee, Delaware.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: introduced in United States. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Anthrenus isabellinus photo 2
Photo: arborizations, CC BY
Anthrenus isabellinus photo 3
Photo: Kai Squires, CC BY
Anthrenus isabellinus photo 4
Photo: botanygirl, CC BY
Anthrenus isabellinus photo 5
Photo: respecttheknob, CC BY

Same family (Dermestidae)

Varied Carpet BeetleVaried Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasciCan damage your homeLarder BeetleLarder BeetleDermestes lardariusCan damage your homeBuffalo carpet beetleBuffalo carpet beetleAnthrenus scrophulariaeCan damage your homeBlack Carpet BeetleBlack Carpet BeetleAttagenus unicolorCan damage your homeHide BeetleHide BeetleDermestes maculatusCan damage your homeFurniture Carpet BeetleFurniture Carpet BeetleAnthrenus flavipesCan damage your home

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthrenus_isabellinus

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-25 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-25.

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