Armando Falcon-Brindis was busy with work at the University of Idaho’s Parma Research and Extension Center last summer when a request came in from an Eagle homeowner to identify the dozens of larvae ...

The insect, Opatroides punctulatus Brullé, is part of the family Tenebrionidae, commonly known as darkling beetles — encompassing about 20,000 ground-dwelling beetle species that feed on ...

Darkling beetles are back, marching north across Tri-Cities sidewalks and roadways, particularly in places where residential neighborhoods meet undeveloped land in south Kennewick and Richland.

And after this stage, it turns into an adult darkling beetle. - Beetle. - Yes. It hatches from the pupa. At first it's white and then it turns brown, almost black. - A habitat is a home.

A research team confirms biodegradation of polystyrene using darkling beetle larvae found in Korea. There floats an enormous plastic garbage island in the North Pacific that is seven times the ...

The idea of radiative cooling is not new. In fact, it’s used in nature by insects like the darkling beetle found in the Namib Desert in southwest Africa. During clear nights when ambient temperatures ...

Opatroides punctulatus Brullé, a Mediterranean darkling beetle, has been documented in Idaho for the first time by University of Idaho entomologist Armando Falcon-Brindis. Opatroides punctulatus ...