Obscure darkling beetle
Eleodes obscura
The obscure darkling beetle is a big, dull black beetle with grooves running down its back. It walks around on the ground in the dry west of North America. It is not fussy about food at all.
Lives in
Western North America, from British Columbia down to northern Mexico
Length
2.3 to 3.1 cm (0.91 to 1.2 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless to people.
What does it eat?
It eats dead plant bits, animal remains, roots and seeds.
How big is it?
How long is it?
🍚as long as 5 grains of rice in a row🍽️could run across a dinner table in 5 seconds
How big is Obscure darkling beetle compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Obscure darkling beetle about 0.72 km/h (0.45 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Each of its front legs has a little tooth near the knee.
2
It can be over 3 centimetres long, which is big for a beetle.
3
It lives in a huge area, from Canada all the way to Mexico and east to Texas.
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Most asked questions about Obscure darkling beetle
?What does the obscure darkling beetle eat?
Dead plant bits, animal remains, roots and seeds.
?How big is the obscure darkling beetle?
About 2.3 to 3.1 centimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Eleodes obscura
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Tenebrionidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Tenebrionidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Eleodes obscura (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by xpda. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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