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T. molitor is dark brown or black as an adult, [4] with larvae up to 1.25 inches (3.2 cm) long and adults up to 0.75 inches (1.9 cm) long. [5] The yellow mealworm beetle can be differentiated from other beetles, due to the linear grooves that are evenly divided and run along the abdomen. The beetle has only four tarsal segments on its hind legs.
Eleodes (commonly known as pinacate beetles or desert stink beetles) is a genus of darkling beetles, in the family Tenebrionidae. [1] They are endemic to western North America ranging from southern Canada to central Mexico with many species found along the Mexico-United States border. [2] Some species have been introduced to Colombia.
A single exposure of a chick to a contaminated beetle can result in bacterial colonization of the bird's gut. [11] Chicks are more likely to be infected by eating larvae than adult beetles. [12] The beetle can also transmit Aspergillus fungi. It is a vector for Eimeria, protozoa that cause coccidiosis in birds. [2]
Moneilema, or cactus longhorn beetles are a genus of large, flightless, black beetles found in North American deserts of the western United States and northern Mexico. M. gigas is native to the Sonoran Desert at elevations below 4900 feet (1500m). [1]
Burying beetles or sexton beetles, genus Nicrophorus, are the best-known members of the family Silphidae (carrion beetles). Most of these beetles are black with red markings on the elytra (forewings). Burying beetles are true to their name—they bury the carcasses of small vertebrates such as birds and rodents as a food source for their larvae ...
Scarites subterraneus is a carnivorous beetle. This is clear when looking at its large jaws, which it uses to hunt its prey. [7] The specific diet of S. subterraneus is not remarkably clear (they seem to be willing to eat any invertebrate in any stage of life), but in captivity they have been observed to eat mealworms.
Heteronychus arator (hetero+onychus = 'variable claw', arator = 'ploughman') is a species of beetle in the subfamily Dynastinae (the rhinoceros beetles). It is commonly called African black beetle or black lawn beetle. [1] It is native to Africa and it is an introduced species in Australia, Norfolk Island and the North Island of New Zealand. [2]
Larvae of the black carpet beetle Attagenus megatoma may grow up to 1 ⁄ 2 inch (13 mm) and be yellow to brown in color. Other types of carpet beetle are regularly 1 ⁄ 4 to 1 inch (6.4 to 25.4 millimetres) long and covered with dark setae. Certain species have distinctive tufts of setae extending from their posterior end.