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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Tenebrioninae » Tenebrionini » Mealworm beetles (Tenebrio) » Dark Mealworm (Tenebrio obscurus)
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Darkling Beetle - Tenebrio obscurus
Copyright © 2005 Kerry S. Matz

Darkling Beetle - Tenebrio obscurus
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
May 21, 2005
Size: 18mm
Looks similar to Alobates, open to suggestion. These were found inside of a home, the owner's report that chewing sounds can be heard in the woodwork.

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Contributed by Kerry S. Matz on 23 May, 2005 - 11:50pm
Last updated 8 February, 2009 - 5:05pm

Moved
Moved from Zophobas.
… John F. Carr, 8 February, 2009 - 5:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tenebrioninae.
… Kojun Kanda, 25 September, 2007 - 2:15pm login or register to post comments

What about Tenebr*io opacus?
. . . To me it looks like a big male of it, and habitat would fit also. Dear Kanchan, please think about it. You will have the last word!
… Boris Büche, 2 April, 2007 - 7:18am login or register to post comments

 
vote for T. obscurus
(i guess 'opacus' was just a slip of tongue, Boris)
… v belov, 8 February, 2009 - 9:42am login or register to post comments

 
obscurus
(i guess 'opacus' was just a slip of tongue, Boris)

Yeah, it was! Actually, the species are similar, but opacus is strictly palearctic.
… Boris Büche, 3 March, 2009 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

 
ID confirmed by W.E. Steiner: T. obscurus
… v belov, 25 March, 2014 - 1:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Darkling Beetles.
… Jim McClarin, 29 November, 2006 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

Tenebrioninae
Definitely a Tenebrioninae, leaning towards Zophobas sp.
… kanchan, 29 November, 2006 - 12:36am login or register to post comments

Not A. pennsylvanica
Nice shots. Body shape is much like pennsylvanica, and if form follows function in this case, it probably occupies a similar habitat. A. pennsylvanica adults allegedly eat under-bark insects, but their larvae no doubt eat wood. Some tenebrionid larvae at least can live in rather dry wood, so maybe the larvae are eating the house!
… Jim McClarin, 24 May, 2005 - 6:26pm login or register to post comments

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