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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Fungus, Bark, Darkling and Blister Beetles (Tenebrionoidea) » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Tenebrioninae » Tenebrionini » Mealworm beetles (Tenebrio) » yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor)
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dark purplish beetle - Tenebrio molitor
Copyright © 2006 Robin McLeod

dark purplish beetle - Tenebrio molitor
Ailsa Craig, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
July 12, 2006
Size: 12-14 mm
attracted to light

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dark purplish beetle - Tenebrio molitor dark purplish beetle - Tenebrio molitor
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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 24 October, 2006 - 1:26pm
Last updated 2 April, 2007 - 6:43am

Moved
Moved from Mealworm beetles.
… Boris Büche, 2 April, 2007 - 6:43am login or register to post comments

Tenebrio sp.
This is a species of Tenebrio (family Tenebrionidae), better known in the larval state as "mealworms." The purplish color may indicate this is a recently-emerged adult that has hardened, but has yet to achieve full pigmentation.
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 October, 2006 - 1:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Eric
both images moved from ID Request to genus page
… Robin McLeod, 24 October, 2006 - 7:59pm login or register to post comments

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