The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia) Author Majka, Christopher G. text Zootaxa 2007 2007-09-03 1573 1 1 38 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1573.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.1573.1.1 1175­5334 5096635 FC4FD3BC-9297-49A3-9C91-FE272021F682 Anthrenus verbasci (Linnaeus, 1767) NOVA SCOTIA : 86 specimens examined from Halifax , Lunenburg , Kings , and Hants counties ( Table 1 ). The earliest record is from 1948 ( Kings Co. : Porter Point , 1.vii.1948 , K.D. Archibald , NSMC ) . An introduced Palearctic species, newly recorded from Nova Scotia and the Maritime Provinces as a whole ( Fig. 5 ). Cosmopolitan; found throughout the USA ( Beal 2003 ); in Canada recorded from British Columbia , Alberta , Manitoba , Ontario , and Québec (Bousquet 1991). Occasionally found in flour mills and warehouses, however, primarily a household pest; larvae feed on wool, fur, skins, and other materials of animal origin. They also attack insect collections and silkworm cocoons ( Bousquet 1990 ). In natural circumstances adults feed on the nectar and pollen of species of Heracleum , Anthriscus , Aegopodium , Daucus (Apiaceae) , Achillea , Anthemis , and Matricaria (Asteraceae) where they subsequently mate. Eggs are laid and larvae feed in nests of sparrows, swallows, corvids, starlings, swifts, and pigeons ( Woodroffe & Southgate 1954 ).