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Yellow Mealworm Beetle

Tenebrio molitor

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 171, February 126, March 198, April 312, May 449, June 490, July 524, August 451, September 331, October 247, November 135, December 105.
United States5,033
Alaska3,539
Canada597
Ontario317
Russia235
New York196
Michigan161
Finland121
Quebec86
Indiana83

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyDarkling Beetles · Tenebrionidae
GenusYellow Mealworms · Tenebrio

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