Republic of Guinea 1998 | Cambodia 2000 | Qatar 1998 |
Churchyard Beetle Blaps mucronata (Tenebrionidae) |
Darkling Beetle Blaps gigas (Tenebrionidae) |
Arabian Darkling Beetle Pimelia arabica (Tenebrionidae) |
Namibia 2000 | Republic of Niger 2000 |
Fog-basking Beetle Onymacris unguicularis (Tenebrionidae) |
Darkling Beetle Stenocara eburnea (Tenebrionidae) |
Mongolia 1972 | Botswana 2003 | Papua New Guinea 2005 | Mongolia 1972 |
Darkling Beetle Sternoplax zichyi (Tenebrionidae) |
Broad-necked Darkling Beetle Coelocnemis californicus (Tenebrionidae) |
Long-Jointed Beetle Bothricara pulchella (Tenebrionidae) |
Darkling Beetle Platyope mongolica (Tenebrionidae) |
Tokelau Islands 1998 | Republic of Guinea 1998 | Tokelau Islands 1998 |
Rust Red Flour Beetle Tribolium castaneum (Tenebrionidae) |
Darkling Beetle Tenebria mollitor (Tenebrionidae) |
Darkling Beetle Amarygmas hydrophiloides (Tenebrionidae) |
In almost all cases, the color of the body of the beetle of Darkling Beetle is black or yellow. Some a seed has a skillful spot or an upper wing is white. Some beetle's body shape was the thickset, another beetle's body shape was the parallel and other's body form is large-sized and broad egg-shaped. For many, These beetles are the sweeper, and they are eaten rotten plants and animal matter. Moreover, an imago takes out a disagreeable stinking thing secretion from a special abdomen to protect the body. It is found by all terrestrial environment and is prosperous also to especially a desert and an arid region.