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Definition of Buffalo carpet beetle
1. Noun. A small black and red and white carpet beetle.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Buffalo Carpet Beetle
Literary usage of Buffalo carpet beetle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1906)
"The larva has a long tuft at the hind end of the body, and is readily distinguished
from the Buffalo Carpet-beetle. The adult is a small, oval, black beetle ..."
2. Insects Injurious to the Household and Annoying to Man by Glenn Washington Herrick (1914)
"The buffalo carpet beetle. Can. Ent., Vol. 37, p. 333. 1906. WASHBURN, FL — Carpet
beetles, "buffalo bug," "buffalo moth." Eleventh Rept, of the Minn. ..."
3. Ten New England Blossoms and Their Insect Visitors by Clarence Moores Weed (1895)
"This is the buffalo carpet-beetle, or " moth," as it frequently is incorrectly
called, and is the adult stage of the too well-known hairy " worm " that so ..."
4. Modern Nature Study: A First Book for Use in Canadian Schools by S. Silcox (1902)
"The buffalo carpet beetle has become a decided pest in many parts of the country.
The larvae feed upon carpets and other woollen goods, preferring, ..."
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