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	DARKLING BEETLES (TENEBRIO) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Beetles, along with all their other insect kin (true bugs, flies, bees, wasps, ants, on and on), are members of the phylum Arthropoda, a word meaning jointed legs.
		Beetles are arthropods, and like all members of their phylum they wear their skeleton on the outside like a suit of armor.
		Mealworms and darkling beetles are rarely seen in the wild, but when they are, it is likely to be in a field where wild grasses flourish and seeds are plentiful.
	www.lawrencehallofscience.org /foss/fossweb/teachers/materials/plantanimal/tenebriobeetles.html (1392 words)

	Darkling beetle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Darkling beetles are a family of beetles found worldwide.
		The larval stages of several species are cultured as feeder insects for captive insectivores, and include the very commonly known mealworms and superworms, and the lesser-known mini mealworms.
		Raising darkling beetles from larvae through adulthood can be a rewarding biology project for lower school educators.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Darkling_beetle (488 words)

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		At the outset of this study, the role of the darkling beetle and the housefly in the transmission of turkey coronavirus was unknown.
		The housefly and the darkling beetle are both inhabitants of poultry facilities and were demonstrated to have the potential to act as mechanical vectors of TCV.
		The role of the darkling beetle in the transmission of TCV is a concern, however, the scope of the transmission appears limited to the poultry facility.
	www.wattnet.com /Library/ViewlibEnews.cfm?PG=1&LibNum=1015 (602 words)

	The Insectlorepedia – insectlore.com
		Darkling Beetles, the adult form of Mealworms, are dark in coloration, with thick legs.
		Darkling beetles are one of the most common members of the beetle community.
		Darkling beetles are active both at night and during the day.
	www.insectlore.com /xlorepedia_stuff/darkling.html (735 words)

	Beetle Printouts - AllAboutNature.com
		Beetles are a type of insect (a type of invertebrate, animals that lack a backbone).
		Beetles live all over the world (except on the continent of Antarctica or in the oceans); they live in regions ranging from deserts to mountains to rainforests.
		The yellow mealworm is the larval stage of the darkling beetle (Tenebrio molitor).
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/insects/beetles/printouts.shtml (526 words)

	UC IPM: UC Management Guidelines for Darkling Beetles on Cotton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Darkling beetle adults range from 0.12 to 0.25 inch (3-6 mm) long and are about half as wide.
		Darkling beetles sometimes invade cotton from grain fields, weedy areas, or from adjacent alfalfa.
		Watch for darkling beetle injury by walking the field during the seedling stage.
	www.ipm.ucdavis.edu /PMG/r114302011.html (233 words)

	Beetles - Order Coleoptera
		Beetles may be success in number of species, but not quite when counting the number of individual.
		Beetles were not necessary depend on flowers for food, however, flowers provides food for beetles and let them to help for pollination.
		Beetles are among the first group of insect who gain the benefit of complete metamorphosis, i.e., they develop from eggs, larva, pupa to adult.
	www.geocities.com /brisbane_beetles (1123 words)

	Lesser Mealworm
		Darkling beetles are commonly found in woods or around feed bins.
		The beetles are attracted to poultry operations because of the ideal conditions for their development (warm, humid litter and abundant feed).
		Certain aspects of the behavior of lesser mealworms and darkling beetles in poultry houses are presently unclear, particularly as to why adults enter the insulation and what can be done to inhibit this movement.
	ipm.ncsu.edu /AG369/notes/lesser_mealworm.html (900 words)

	beetles
		The families of beetles containing the most species in North America are the rove beetles (Staphylinidae, 3100 species), the weevils (Curculionidae, 2432 species), the ground beetles (Carabidae, 1700 species), the leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae, 1474 species), the scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae, 1375 species), the darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae, 1300 species), and the long-horned beetles (Cerambycidae, 1100 species).
		Beetles usually have two sets of wings, the hard front wings, or elytra (elytron is singular), and the soft hind wings for flying.
		Larvae of long-horned beetles (family Cerambycidae) and metallic wood-boring beetles (family Buprestidae) bore in the wood of shrubs and trees, especially those that are dying or dead.
	www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us /4th/kkhp/1insects/beetles.html (2036 words)

	SDNHM - Darkling Beetle (Coelocnemis californicus)
		Darkling beetles are found throughout the world in a wide range of habitat types.
		Darkling beetles are considered decomposers and eat decaying leaves, sticks and grasses.
		When threatened, the darkling beetle assumes a defensive posture by standing on its head and emitting a foul-smelling liquid composed of compounds called quinones.
	www.sdnhm.org /fieldguide/inverts/coel-cal.html (201 words)

	Beetles
		Beetles make up 40% of all insects and the number of beetle species is more than six times the number of all vertebrate species.
		Beetles have legs that are normally adapted for walking or running, increasing in size from front to rear.
		Beetles, both adults and grubs, use their chewing mouthparts to eat other insects, fruit, nectar, leaves, fungi, dead animal and plant material, and/or wood.
	www.amonline.net.au /factsheets/beetles.htm (632 words)

	Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Beetles
		Beetles (Order Coleoptera) are known to include some 350,000 species, and are therefore the largest group of animals on earth.
		Beetles vary from species that are barely visible (especially the Feather-winged beetles), to large tropical species that are the size of a human hand.
		Beetles are such a large, diverse group that they have representatives that eat nearly every kind of food.
	www.si.edu /resource/faq/nmnh/buginfo/beetle.htm (571 words)

	Scarab Beetles - FAMILY SCARABAEIDEA
		Beetles in other families may have the similar lamellate antenna but cannot be closed.
		This beetle is brown in colour and with a hairy body.
		The beetle is pale brown in colour with many large fl dots on its thorax and wing covers.
	www.geocities.com /brisbane_beetles/SCARABAEIDEA.htm (515 words)

	Shrub-Steppe Series: What About Darkling Beetles? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Darkling beetles are one of the most common members of the beetle community in the Columbia Basin.
		Beetles have biting and chewing mouth parts and two pairs of wings, although many common shrub-steppe beetles are wingless.
		Beetles range in size from both the largest and very nearly the smallest insects in the world and occupy more different habitats and niches than any other class of insect.
	www.pnl.gov /pals/resource_cards/darklingbeetles.stm (893 words)

	Monarchs in the Classroom
		Darkling beetles were put in a container with apple on one side and meal on the other.
		I learned that the darkling beetles prefer meal over a long period of time, but when the apple is fresh they prefer apple.
		When the darkling beetles were put in the container almost all of the beetles went to the side with the apples.
	www.monarchlab.umn.edu /InsectFair/PreviewProjects.aspx?id=81 (507 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Darkling beetles are a family of beetles found worldwide, estimated at more than 20,000 species.
		The larval stages of several species are cultured as feeder insects for captive insectivores, and include the very commonly known mealworms and superworms, and the lesser-known mini mealworms.
		Raising darkling beetles from larvae through adulthood can be a rewarding biology project for lower school educators.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Tenebrionidae (558 words)

	Lesser Mealworm, HYG-2172-97
		Direct effects of darkling beetle activity are almost solely the result of these insects feeding on either poultry feed or building insulation and structures.
		Beetles harbor disease organisms such as fowl pox, E.coli, Salmonella spp., Newcastle disease and avian leukosis in addition as the intermediate host of poultry tapeworms and cecal worms.
		Although the role of darkling beetles in actual transmission has not yet been definitely established, it is suspected that this pest harbors and vectors a number of pathogens that affect bird health and performance.
	ohioline.osu.edu /hyg-fact/2000/2172.html (2147 words)

	Do adult of larvae darkling beetles respire at a faster rate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Darkling beetle larva (mealworms) are less active and less complex than adult darkling beetles therefore they may have lower rates of respiration than adult beetles.
		Beetles have an exoskeleton, compound eyes, and a three part body including the head, thorax, and abdomen.
		The amount of food and water the beetles had consumed before the experiment was not controlled, the respiration of these animals may vary depending on how well fed they are.
	www.colorado.edu /eeb/courses/1230jbasey/abstracts/24.htm (506 words)

	ARS \| Publication request: Relationship of Campylobacter Isolated from Poultry and from Darkling Beetles in New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Furthermore, darkling beetles are known vectors for a variety of pathogens that include Campylobacter, Salmonella, Infectious Bursal Disease, Aspergillus, E. coli, and Mareks.
		In this investigation, the relationship between darkling beetles and Campylobacter contamination of poultry flocks was investigated.
		Samples of beetles and of intestinal excreta of the birds were cultured for the presence of Campylobacter spp..
	ars.usda.gov /research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=149183 (508 words)

	Beetles
		Beetles come in a variety of shapes and colors, from red "ladybugs" and metallic green fig beetles to lightning beetles that glow in the dark and huge horned beetles resembling a miniature rhinoceros.
		The beetle appears to be a streamlined water beetle, possibly belonging to the family Dytiscidae.
		Rain beetles are typically found in coastal foothills and canyons of chaparral and coastal sage scrub.
	waynesword.palomar.edu /ww0502.htm (2882 words)

	CentralPets.com - Darkling Beetle Page (Printer Friendly Version)
		The Darkling Beetle, also known as the Mealworm in its larval state, is a fairly large beetle that is sometimes known as the "stink beetle" for the noxious odors they produce when threatened.
		The egg of the Darkling Beetle is white, and the pupa is 1/2 to 3/4 inches long.
		Breeding Darkling Beetles is not difficult, though it is difficult to distinguish male and female beetles.
	centralpets.com /php/PrintFriendly.php?AnimalNumber=5659 (553 words)

	Diving Beetle
		Beetles represent the largest Order of insects, containing over 250,000 described species.
		Beetle groups include tiger beetles, ground beetles, water beetles, whirligig beetles, fungus beetles, rove beetles, stag beetles, scarab beetles, wood-boring beetles, click beetles, fireflies, dermestids, ladybird beetles, darkling beetles, longhorn beetles, blister beetles, leaf beetles, weevils and many others.
		They believed these beetles brought up the first land from the depths of a world previously dominated by water.
	www.insects.org /entophiles/coleoptera/cole_014.html (178 words)

	Urban IPM: Insects: Beetles: Darkling Beetles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Darkling beetles are small (1/3") dark brown to grayish-fl unremarkably shaped adult beetles often confused with predatory ground beetles.
		Numbers of beetles build up in the spring of wet years, when there is an abundance of weeds.
		The beetles are most active at night, and hide during the day.
	ag.arizona.edu /urbanipm/insects/beetles/darklingbeetles.html (162 words)

	1998 ESA NCB Abstract 77 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		As non-farm residences increase, house fly and darkling beetles may become a public health nuisance, resulting in poor community relations and threats of litigation.
		Darkling beetles aerate the manure and consume fly immatures.
		However, many millions of beetles build up in the manure, and when manure is field spread, can fly or crawl at night up to a mile or more into neighboring fields and homes.
	www.ent.iastate.edu /entsoc/ncb98/prog/abs/77.html (315 words)

	UC IPM: UC Management Guidelines for Darkling Beetles on Cole Crops (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Darkling beetles are dull bluish fl or brown beetles that chew off seedlings or feed on foliage.
		They can be distinguished from the predaceous ground beetles by the enlargement of the segments at the tip of the antennae.
		Predaceous ground beetles are usually shiny and sometimes have colorful markings unlike the dull coloration of the pest species in the darkling beetle family.
	www.ipm.ucdavis.edu /PMG/r108300611.html (402 words)

	Coleoptera (beetles)
		The dermestid beetle Anthrenus verbasci on a daisy; larvae feed on dry organic matter such as untended museum specimens and unprotected woollen carpets.
		Beetles are characterized by the fact that their front pair of wings are hardened into elytra that at rest cover the thorax and abdomen, protecting the body and hind wings from injury.
		When a beetle flies, the elytra are held out from the body and remain still while the hind wings do all the flapping.
	www.museums.org.za /bio/insects/beetles/index.htm (154 words)

	beetles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Factors influencing the distribution and abundance of ground-dwelling beetles (Coleoptera) in a shrub-steppe ecosystem: the role of shrub architecture.
		Raske, A. Morphological and behavioral mimicry among beetles of the genus Moneilema.
		Seasonal and yearly patterns in the densities of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in a montane community.
	jan.ucc.nau.edu /~rkb/Science/beetles.html (869 words)

	UC IPM: UC Management Guidelines for Darkling Beetles on Cotton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Darkling beetle adults range from 0.12 to 0.25 inch (3-6 mm) long and are about half as wide.
		Darkling beetles sometimes invade cotton from grain fields, weedy areas, or from adjacent alfalfa.
		Watch for darkling beetle injury by walking the field during the seedling stage.
	ucipm.ucdavis.edu /PMG/r114302011.html (233 words)

	eNature: FieldGuides: Species Detail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Description Darkling Ground Beetles are members of the family Tenebrionidae.
		Darkling beetles are slow-moving, small to medium-sized insects, 1/16-1 3/8" (2-35 mm) long.
		Their antennae are often clubbed, Fore and middle tarsi have 5 segments, while the hind tarsi have 4.
	www.enature.com /fieldguides/detail.asp?recnum=IS0177 (129 words)

	Introduction to California Beetles
		With around 8,000 species living in California, beetles represent the largest and most diverse group of organisms in the state and are an excellent subject for study since they can be found almost everywhere--in backyards, gardens, forests, and deserts.
		This, the only guide to California beetles available, is the perfect book for anyone--from outdoor enthusiasts to professional biologists--who wants to explore the fascinating world of beetles.
		Weevils and Ambrosia, Bark, or Snout Beetles (Curculionidae)
	www.ucpress.edu /books/pages/10132.html (425 words)

	Darkling Beetle :: Saint Louis Zoo
		Some darkling beetles have an unusual defensive behavior.
		There are some 15,000 (!) species of darkling beetle in the world, and almost all are found in plentiful numbers in their various habitats.
		At this time, IUCN (an organization that determines species' Conservation Status) lists just three species of darkling beetle: two are considered threatened and another is critically endangered.
	www.stlzoo.org /animals/abouttheanimals/invertebrates/insects/beetles/darklingbeetle.htm (396 words)

	Ask Dr. Bug - Darkling Beetles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		I need more information on darkling beetle control.
		Darkling beetles will flourish because there are no products labeled for use on the litter when the hens are present.
		Darkling beetles will also infest walls as well so the use of a labeled insecticides that can be applied into the wall voids will help in keeping the numbers down.
	www.wmmg.com /research/drbug/darklingbeetles.asp (126 words)

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