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If by "USB to Ethernet adapters" you mean "a USB Ethernet adapter", i.e. an Ethernet adapter that's not built into the machine's motherboard and that's not on, for example, a PCI card, but that plugs into a USB port on the host, then, yes - neither Wireshark/tcpdump/any other packet sniffer or libpcap/WinPcap/Npcap nor the capture mechanism those use know or care how it's attached to the host.

If by "USB to Ethernet adapters" you mean "a USB "USB Ethernet adapter", adapters", i.e. an Ethernet adapter that's adapters that are not built into the machine's motherboard and that's that are not on, for example, a PCI card, but that plugs plug into a USB port on the host, then, yes - neither Wireshark/tcpdump/any other packet sniffer or libpcap/WinPcap/Npcap nor the capture mechanism those use know or care how it's attached to the host.