#tenebrionidae

[bowelfly]

Order of the Tender Apple Slice I've received a handful of commissions to draw people's pets as monks but this is definitely my favorite one so far

(blue death feigning beetles)

[lazchance]

hello my dears... today i have an older shot of a beetle showing off its wings...

dark crimson beetle. iridescent elytra. clumsy personality. unidentified species from the genus Ceropria

[razehider]

despite the ridiculous flattened body plan that makes them so recognizable, the outline of a very normal tenebrionid hiding underneath is visible on this Cossyphus, showing us what could have been if they hadn't gone and done That to themselves for whatever reason

(May 30th, 2025)

[herpsandbirds]

Beetle in Northern Colorado, I apologize these photos arent great it kept flipping itself

Beetle ID - CO, USA:

Hello, yes, this is one of the desert stink beetles, this one is called the Red-backed Darkling Beetle (Eleodes suturalis), family Tenebrionidae.

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: APRIL 12TH, 2026 | Image IDs: Two photos of a rough, grey darkling beetle on the cut side of a log /End IDs.]

[bluvioletbird]

Our largest teneb who I have nicknamed Bullet is completely obsessed with the watermelon we gave the desert troupe. He hasn't left it alone for days. Faded off that wawa

[jenfoundabug]

Black harvester ants (Veromessor pergandei) not so kindly escorting a darkling beetle (probably genus Argoporis) away from their nest. Since this kind of beetle tends to be a detrivore or scavenger, perhaps it was trying to steal food from the ants. As far as I could tell, no one was injured in this incident. The beetle seemed to have learned its lesson and did not try to return to the nest.

Mojave Desert, California, US

[grubstrate]

Interspecies love & ammonite