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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae) » Tenebrioninae » Tenebrionini » Zophobas » Zophobas atratus
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Darkling Beetle (Zophobas morio) - Zophobas atratus
Copyright © 2008 Mark Leppin

Darkling Beetle (Zophobas morio) - Zophobas atratus
Oregon, USA
Size: 1.5"+
ID changed from "Cerambycidae?" to Darkling Beetle (Zophobas morio). Escaped captive superworm

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Darkling Beetle (Zophobas morio) - Zophobas atratus Darkling Beetle (Zophobas morio) - Zophobas atratus
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Contributed by Mark Leppin on 29 November, 2008 - 11:30pm
Last updated 4 December, 2008 - 3:29pm

Tenebrionidae from the looks of it
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… Tim Loh, 30 November, 2008 - 1:10am login or register to post comments

 
Ha
Ooops, if its a Darkling Beetle there's a good chance that it's an escapee "superworm" darkling beetle. I keep both superworms & mealworms for my herps (reptiles & amphibians) and I'm so used to seeing the mealworm beetles I guess I didn't recognize the superworm beetle (they don't go through metamorphosis as often as the mealworms)
… Mark Leppin, 30 November, 2008 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Bingo:-)
Do retain this image, though, it may be the only one online period, or close to it....
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 November, 2008 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

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