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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) » Yellow Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor)
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Looks like a darkling beetle, is it? - Tenebrio molitor
Copyright © 2009 fump

Looks like a darkling beetle, is it? - Tenebrio molitor
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, USA
December 31, 2009
Size: 14mm end to end
I found it under my dresser when cleaning along with a lot of fecal matter, what looked like some webbed nests (I swept them up before I thought to take a picture) and some larvae. It looks like a darkling beetle to me, but the larvae don't look like mealworms. The larvae were all white and looked more like a fly larvae, approximately 2-3mm in length.

It's not really that reddish, I bounced a hot lamp off a red wall because it was the best I could do in 2 minutes.
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Contributed by fump on 31 December, 2009 - 1:01pm
Last updated 2 April, 2010 - 12:28pm

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Moved from Darkling Beetles.
… v belov, 2 April, 2010 - 12:28pm login or register to post comments

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 6 January, 2010 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

Tenebrionidae
Yes. Can't really tell what kind from the angle in this image. Maybe a Tenebrio sp? They can be household pests.
… Blaine Mathison, 31 December, 2009 - 1:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Many thanks
Now that I know what it is I can go about removing them from home.

Then I'll set about wondering where they came from. Any ideas?
… fump, 31 December, 2009 - 1:13pm login or register to post comments

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