Yellow Mealworm Beetle
Tenebrio molitor
Insecta
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 3-12 months
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Temperate forest
- Range
- Europe
- Movement
- Walking
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Burrowing
- Status
- Uncommon
About
Yellow mealworm beetles are darkling beetles that live in forests and grasslands. They are the larval form of the species Tenebrio molitor.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
- 2.juvenileAn immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
- 3.subadultA near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
- 4.adultFully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Tenebrionidae
- Genus
- Tenebrio
- Species
- Tenebrio molitor