Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar

TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Photo#1786528
Tenebrio obscurus - female

Tenebrio obscurus - Female
Near Iola, Allen County, Kansas, USA
October 20, 2019
Collected as larvae under Prairie Hay bales. Date given is when the larvae were collected, Location given is the location that the bales originated from.

Interestingly, this species can be sexed in the pupa stage, due to the male's enlarged front legs.

Images of this individual: tag all
Tenebrio obscurus - female Tenebrio obscurus - female Tenebrio obscurus - female