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Taxonomy. Tenebrio is the Latin generic name that Carl Linnaeus assigned to some flour beetles in his 10th edition of Systema Naturae 1758-59. [1] The name means "lover of darkness"; [2] the English language term 'darkling' means "characterised by darkness or obscurity"; [3] see also English 'tenebrous', figuratively "obscure, gloomy." [4]
Binomial name. Monochamus scutellatus. (Say, 1824) Subspecies. M. s. oregonensis. M. s. scutellatus. Monochamus scutellatus, commonly known as the white-spotted sawyer or spruce sawyer or spruce bug or a hair-eater, [1] is a common wood-boring beetle found throughout North America. [2] It is a species native to North America.
Alaus oculatus can reach a length of about 25–45 millimetres (1.0–1.8 in). [2] They have an elongated body, black in color throughout. The pronotum exhibits a large oval patch of darker scales, framed in white, on each side - the common name of the beetle derives from this feature. The elytra are striated and mottled with silvery whitish ...
Rove beetle. The rove beetles are a family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, [2] primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With over 66,000 species in thousands of genera, the group is the largest family in the beetle order, and one of the largest families of ...
Rhynchophorus cycadis Erichson. Rhynchophorus depressus Chevrolat. Rhynchophorus languinosus Chevrolat. The South American palm weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum, is a species of snout beetle. The adults are relatively large black beetles of approximately one and a half inch in length, and the larvae may grow to two inches in length.
Say, 1823. Hydrophilus triangularis, known generally as the giant black water beetle or giant water scavenger, is a species of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae. [1][2][3] It is the most common and widespread species of Hydrophilus in North America, being found across the contiguous United States, southern Canada, and Mexico ...
September 19, 2024 at 5:00 AM. Darkling beetles are back, marching north across Tri-Cities sidewalks and roadways, particularly in places where residential neighborhoods meet undeveloped land in ...
Belostomatidae is a family of freshwater hemipteran insects known as giant water bugs or colloquially as toe-biters, Indian toe-biters, electric-light bugs, alligator ticks, or alligator fleas (in Florida). They are the largest insects in the order Hemiptera. [1] There are about 170 species found in freshwater habitats worldwide, with more than ...