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Darkling Beetle

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Noun

1. darkling beetle, darkling groung beetle, tenebrionid

sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain

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Darkling Beetle

see synonyms of darkling beetle
any of a family (Tenebrionidae) of sluggish, dark beetles that feed on plants at night

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Darkling Beetle

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n.
Any of numerous beetles of the family Tenebrionidae, having a brown or black body, feeding on decaying vegetation, living plants, or stored grain, and inhabiting a variety of habitats, including deserts. Also called tenebrionid.

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