. Common injurious insects of Kansas. Insect pests. NOXIOUS INSECTS OF THE HOUSEHOLD. 109 BUFFALO BEETLE. (Anthrenus scrophularice Linn.; Order, Coleoptera.) Diagnosis.—Small, dark-colored, hairy creatures, infesting car- pets ; hiding in cracks and crevices about the house; known to housekeepers as "fish moths," "buffalo moths," etc. Description and Life-history.—The adult insect is a small beetle, not a moth, about a quarter of an inch long, black with white spots, and with an irregular red stripe along the back. The beetles begin to appear in 'the fall, and continue to a
. Common injurious insects of Kansas. Insect pests. NOXIOUS INSECTS OF THE HOUSEHOLD. 109 BUFFALO BEETLE. (Anthrenus scrophularice Linn.; Order, Coleoptera.) Diagnosis.—Small, dark-colored, hairy creatures, infesting car- pets ; hiding in cracks and crevices about the house; known to housekeepers as "fish moths," "buffalo moths," etc. Description and Life-history.—The adult insect is a small beetle, not a moth, about a quarter of an inch long, black with white spots, and with an irregular red stripe along the back. The beetles begin to appear in 'the fall, and continue to appear through the winter and spring. The beetles may often be seen in the win- dows. They fly out-of-doors, and are found on flowers of the orders Composite and Scrophulariacese. The eggs are laid soon after the appearance of the beetles, proba- bly upon the carpets. The eggs are soon hatched, and the destruct- ive larvae begin to feed upon the carpets, stored woolen goods,. Fig. 60. Buffalo Beetle; a, adult beetle (natural length about one-fourth inch); &, pupa; c, larva. or furs. They moult several times (the cast skins may often be found), and when full-grown the larva seeks a sheltered place and transforms into the quiescent pupa, which later becomes the perfect beetle. It is in the larval state, of course, that the damage to the car- pets is done. The full-grown larva is about one-third of an inch in length. It "is brown in color, and clothed with stiff, brown hairs, which are longer around the sides than on the back, and still longer at the extremities. Both at sides and extremities they form tufts, the hinder end being furnished with three tufts of long hair, and the head with a dense bunch of shorter ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon
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