darkling beetle meaning

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darkling beetle (noun): sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain.

Definition of darkling beetle

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

    Synonyms: darkling groung beetle, tenebrionid

    Type of: weevil

    Kinds: flour beetle

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