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Dark Beetle - Tenebrio molitor
Copyright © 2007 Sam Houston

Dark Beetle - Tenebrio molitor
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
May 23, 2007
Size: 1/2"
Please help with ID.
Contributed by Sam Houston on 24 May, 2007 - 12:42pm
Last updated 21 October, 2008 - 6:02am

Moved
Moved from Tenebrioninae.
… Jim McClarin, 21 October, 2008 - 6:02am

Moved
Moved from Tenebrioninae.
… Kojun Kanda, 25 September, 2007 - 5:03pm

Moved
Moved from Tenebrioninae.
… Kojun Kanda, 25 September, 2007 - 5:03pm

Moved
Moved from Darkling Beetles.
… Kojun Kanda, 25 September, 2007 - 5:03pm

mealworm beetle, with high probability
=Tenebrio molitor
… Boris Büche, 25 May, 2007 - 4:35am

 
please move to the species page
*
… v belov, 21 October, 2008 - 3:59am

Yes, dark,
Darkling Beetle in fact.
… Jim McClarin, 24 May, 2007 - 5:19pm

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