#Darkling Beetle

[laneybeetle]

just a lil blueberry out for an evening stroll <3

[herpsandbirds]

Shining Darkling Beetle (Strongylium auratum), family Tenebrionidae, Hidalgo, Mexico

photograph by Eduardo Axel Recillas Bautista

[bedupolker]

I love seeing Tenebrionidae on trail. They always look like they know where they’re trying to go.

[onenicebugperday]

@gildaelia submitted: Not need to ID, I just want to show you our patagonian ARG desert beettle… BEHOLD! IN HD! *put the bug in front of you* I just love this buddies, funny fast babies :3 Hugs from the very south!

Very cute, but I’ve never heard that common name. Is it Scotobius pilularius? Or something else? BIG fan either way, just as cute as my blue death feigning beetles.

[mindblowingscience]

Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists have discovered a virus that caused a nationwide die-off of superworms, a common food for birds, reptiles, other pets and, more and more so, even for humans as an alternative protein source. In doing so, they pioneered a different way to search for and identify emerging viruses and pathogens in humans, plants and animals. Using chopped up beetle carcasses forming a slurry and an electron microscope cooled by liquid nitrogen, the scientists report in Cell that they have discovered what they have titled Zophobas morio black wasting virus.

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[drinksss]

darkling beetle

[mcromwell]

Staying sane amid Anthrocon prep, enjoying our extremely feral garden.

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[persephonaae]

Mr. Stinky :)

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: MAY 26TH, 2024 | Image IDs: Two photos of a shiny dark grey darkling beetle on a grey concrete patio /End IDs.]

[sorrcha]

made a quick visual of the BDFB life cycle for my experimental design class project. figured it looked nice enough to share here ^^

there's only four stages (egg -> larva -> pupa -> adult), but i decided to make the graphic with more detail bc it's relevant to my project :-)

[laneybeetle]

exploring! (video is sped up bc they just walk. so slowly)

[herpsandbirds]

Darkling Beetle (Eucyrtus gloriosus), family Tenebrionidae, Singapore

photograph by Insanus Vir

[funk7-m4x]

This guy hatched out of my darkling beetle/mealworm colony and i don't know what he is exactly

My guess is that the pet store sold me a superworm amongst the mealworms i bought and whatever they turn into is what this is. Hes the biggest beetle ive ever cultivated in my colonies and he has a lot of personality. I dont have a lot of experience with superworms so i have no clue if thats what he is

[onenicebugperday]

An unfortunate reality of breeding large numbers of buggies is that sometimes there will be a few that don't develop properly. Most of the time those ones just don't last long. However, thats not always the case, as shown by this lil guy with malformed elytra! When I first saw this one as a fresh adult I didn't really think it would make it more than a couple of days, but the tiny guy is at over two weeks now and getting livelier by the day. I've been calling this one firefly

I hope Firefly knows I love them. I have the same issue with the occasional malformed darkling beetle. I assume it's partially due to super low moisture in the enclosure I keep them in to avoid mites and also their tendency towards cannibalism. Such is life, though! Not all of them will make it.

[deathfeigning]

my bdfbs discovered carrots today 🫐🥕