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Darkling beetle

Tenebrioninae

Description:

Black Beetle approximately 3/4 -1in long.

Habitat:

Found underneath the bark of a dead tree.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Mealworm Beetle
Tenebrio molitor Mealworm


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3 Comments

Eric Wiederhoeft
Eric Wiederhoeft 10 years ago

Or possibly a "False mealworm" beetle?

Eric Wiederhoeft
Eric Wiederhoeft 10 years ago

Not 100% sure on this one but it looks an awful lot like a mealworm beetle, a species of the darkling beetle that Keith suggested.

KeithRoragen
KeithRoragen 11 years ago

It looks like some kind of Darkling Beetle

JonathanReimann
Spotted by
JonathanReimann

Indiana, USA

Spotted on Mar 15, 2013
Submitted on Mar 18, 2013

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