Darkling beetle
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Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae, comprising over 20,000 species in a cosmopolitan distribution.
Onymacris unguicularis MHNT
Tenebrionidae head
A tenebrionid larva (Eleodes sp.)
Diaperis boleti under bark of oak.
Zophobas atratus
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Zophobas atratus, the giant mealworm beetle, is a species of darkling beetle, whose larvae are known by the common name superworm, kingworm, barley worm, and morio worm. Superworms are common in the r
Darkling beetle
…Tribolium castaneum is a laboratory animal useful as a model organism, especially in studies of intragenomic conflict and population ecology. Zophobas morio, or superworm, is valued as a feed for captive reptiles; it contains less chitin than Tenebrio molitor. Alphitobius diaperinus, lesser mealworm…
Zophobas morio
Larva
Newly formed pupa
Pupa close to eclosion