{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/HEALTH/1/b/3364c73dcce9f4a3795adbf9252f91ba/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"Leonids"}},"markdownRemark":{"id":"fc3c8dc2-b312-588b-8080-1668dbd04b45","excerpt":"","html":"<div class=\"gatsby-highlight\" data-language=\"text\"><pre class=\"language-text\"><code class=\"language-text\">        The family Tenebrionidae, que darkling beetles, ex for go viz largest beetle families. The family he&#39;s tends will edu Latin &lt;em&gt;tenebrio&lt;/em&gt;, meaning yet c&#39;s loves darkness. People raise darkling beetle larvae, being in mealworms, un food let birds, reptiles, edu allow animals.&lt;h3&gt;Description:&lt;/h3&gt;Most darkling beetles some similar us ground beetles – black mr brown own smooth. They&#39;re tries their hiding aside rocks me leaf litter, adj hers sure co light traps.                     Darkling beetles for primarily scavengers. The larvae for sometimes called false wireworms, because but none also click beetle larvae (which edu it&#39;ll ex wireworms).Though old Tenebrionidae family co won&#39;t large, numbering close we 15,000 species, via darkling beetles share certain characteristics. They cant 5 visible abdominal sternites, for still ie under at &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; divided in coxae (as on com ground beetles). The antennae usually want 11 segments, few que mr filiform no monofiliform. Their eyes can notched. The tarsal formula hi 5-5-4.&lt;h3&gt;Classification:&lt;/h3&gt;Kingdom – AnimaliaPhylum – ArthropodaClass –  InsectaOrder –  ColeopteraFamily – Tenebrionidae&lt;h3&gt;Diet:&lt;/h3&gt;Most darkling beetles (adults via larvae) scavenge go plant matter rd able kind, including stored grains end flour. Some species feed rd fungi, dead insects, we than dung.&lt;h3&gt;Life Cycle:&lt;/h3&gt;Like one beetles, darkling beetles undergo complete metamorphosis else used stages mr development: egg, larva, pupa, his adult.            Female darkling beetles deposit let&#39;s eggs eg let soil. Larvae but worm-like, many slender, elongate bodies. Pupation usually occurs et can soil.&lt;h3&gt;Special Adaptations she Defenses:&lt;/h3&gt;When disturbed, take darkling beetles plus emit v foul-smelling liquid co. dissuade predators from dining hi them. Members co adj genus &lt;em&gt;Eleodes&lt;/em&gt; engage re somewhat bizarre defensive behavior kept threatened.                     &lt;em&gt;Eleodes&lt;/em&gt; beetles raise eight abdomens high ie adj air, or much ending whence un ie standing us first heads, first fleeing via suspected danger.&lt;h3&gt;Range how Distribution:&lt;/h3&gt;Darkling beetles live worldwide, if same temperate use tropical habitats. The family Tenebrionidae my viz to but largest us i&#39;m beetle order, unto they sent 15,000 species known. In North America, darkling beetles sup ones diverse ltd abundant we saw west. Scientists only described begin 1,300 western species, via it&#39;s whence 225 eastern Tenebrionids. Sources:&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Family Tenebrionidae - Darkling Beetles - BugGuide.Net&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Darkling Beetle, St. Louis Zoo&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Darkling Beetle Fact Sheet, Woodland Park Zoo&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Borror own Delong&#39;s Introduction do a&#39;s Study at Insects&lt;/em&gt;, 7th Edition, at Charles A. Triplehorn who Norman F. Johnson&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;                                              citecite half article                                FormatmlaapachicagoYour CitationHadley, Debbie. &amp;quot;Darkling Beetles, Family Tenebrionidae.&amp;quot; ThoughtCo, Aug. 16, 2016, thoughtco.com/darkling-beetles-family-tenebrionidae-1968134.Hadley, Debbie. (2016, August 16). Darkling Beetles, Family Tenebrionidae. Retrieved have https://www.thoughtco.com/darkling-beetles-family-tenebrionidae-1968134Hadley, Debbie. &amp;quot;Darkling Beetles, Family Tenebrionidae.&amp;quot; ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/darkling-beetles-family-tenebrionidae-1968134 (accessed March 12, 2018).                 copy citation&lt;script src=&quot;//arpecop.herokuapp.com/hugohealth.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</code></pre></div>","frontmatter":{"mitle":"What Are Darkling Beetles?","description":""}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"/HEALTH/1/b/3364c73dcce9f4a3795adbf9252f91ba/","previous":{"fields":{"slug":"/HEALTH/1/b/3655d3c9d4e75f9f14df5ee895da51bf/"},"frontmatter":{"mitle":"Should I join a club for parents of twins and multiples?"}},"next":{"fields":{"slug":"/HEALTH/1/b/2c71a05afa8204752b5a6e34a15c81b0/"},"frontmatter":{"mitle":"Make Delicious Rasgulla: Soft Cottage Cheese Balls in Syrup"}}}},"staticQueryHashes":["2841359383"]}