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Definition of Carpet bug
1. Noun. Small beetle whose larvae are household pests feeding on woolen fabrics.
Generic synonyms: Beetle
Group relationships: Dermestidae, Family Dermestidae
Specialized synonyms: Anthrenus Scrophulariae, Buffalo Carpet Beetle, Black Carpet Beetle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carpet Bug
Literary usage of Carpet bug
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Insects Injurious to the Household and Annoying to Man by Glenn Washington Herrick (1914)
"Ent. Contributions, No. 4, pp. 15-23. 1878. HACEN, H. — On the new carpet bug.
Can. Ent., Vol. X, pp. 161-163. 1878. ..."
2. Memorial of Life and Entomologic Work of Joseph Albert Lintner, State by Ephraim Porter Felt (1899)
"Its operations are described and remedies for its attack given. New carpet bug
pest—Anthrenus ... The new carpet bug. (Country gentleman. June 7, 1877. ..."
3. Bibliography of the More Important Contributions to American Economic Entomology by United States Bureau of Entomology, Nathan Banks, Samuel Henshaw (1895)
"The new carpet bug. <Cul- tivator and Country Gentl., 7 June, 1877, v. ...
LINTNER, JA The carpet bug. <Cultivator and Country Gentl., 2 August, 1877, v. ..."
4. Remarkable Trials of All Countries: Particularly of the United States, Great by Thomas Dunphy, Thomas J. Cummins (1867)
"The carpet-bug was kept under the head of the bed,— the room was so small we had
no other place to keep ... Remember going to the carpet-bug that morning. ..."
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