Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae)

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Darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae)

Featured sightings

Lepturidea viridis (Green comb-clawed beetle) at Gundaroo, NSW - 8 Dec 2024 by ConBoekel

Celibe rugosipennis (Pie-dish beetle) at Wamboin, NSW - 28 Oct 2018 by natureguy

Latest sightings

Saragus costatus (A darkling beetle) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 24 Apr 2025 by WendyEM

Tenebrionidae (family) at Freshwater Creek, VIC - 24 Apr 2025 by WendyEM

Chalcopteroides sp. (genus) (Rainbow darkling beetle) at Nicholls, ACT - 24 Aug 2025 by Hejor1

Meneristes sp. (genus) at Crowther, NSW - 22 Aug 2025 by Frecko

Pterohelaeus striatopunctatus (Darkling beetle) at Higgins, ACT - 18 Aug 2025 by AlisonMilton

Pterohelaeus striatopunctatus (Darkling beetle) at Higgins, ACT - 18 Aug 2025 by AlisonMilton

Meneristes australis at Hackett, ACT - 16 Aug 2025 by Hejor1

Pterohelaeus piceus at Holt, ACT - 10 Aug 2025 by AlisonMilton

Pterohelaeus (genus) (Pie-dish beetle) at Wanniassa, ACT - 12 Aug 2025 by AlisonMilton

Chalcopteroides sp. (genus) (Rainbow darkling beetle) at Wanniassa, ACT - 12 Aug 2025 by AlisonMilton

Chalcopteroides columbinus (Rainbow darkling beetle) at Wanniassa, ACT - 12 Aug 2025 by AlisonMilton

Pterohelaeus striatopunctatus (Darkling beetle) at Wanniassa, ACT - 12 Aug 2025 by AlisonMilton

Chalcopteroides sp. (genus) (Rainbow darkling beetle) at Kingscote, SA - 5 Jul 2025 by JoshMulvaney

Pterohelaeus planus (Pie dish beetle) at Pialligo, ACT - 9 Aug 2025 by AlisonMilton

Tenebrionidae (family) at Yarralumla, ACT - 6 Aug 2025 by NateKingsford

Pterohelaeus piceus (Pie-dish beetle) at Scullin, ACT - 31 Jul 2025 by AlisonMilton

Pterohelaeus striatopunctatus (Darkling beetle) at Scullin, ACT - 31 Jul 2025 by AlisonMilton

Meneristes australis at Ainslie, ACT - 3 Aug 2025 by Hejor1

Adelium porcatum (Darkling Beetle) at Greenwich Park, NSW - 2 Aug 2025 by trevorpreston

Meneristes australis (Darking beetle) at Braddon, ACT - 31 Jul 2025 by Hejor1

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KimberiRP wrote:

17 Aug 2025

No, not Cleridae. Working on it.

Unverified Darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae)

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

17 Aug 2025

What about one of teh checkered beetles?

Unverified Darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae)

MarkH wrote:

11 Aug 2025

This is a tenebrionid beetle, I’m pretty sure in the genus Chalcopteroides.
Not my area of expertise however definitely not a buprestid.

Chalcopteroides sp. (genus)

KimberiRP wrote:

9 Aug 2025

Never seen so many together!

Adelium porcatum

KimberiRP wrote:

9 Aug 2025

Larva of a Darkling beetle (family Tenebrionidae) of tribe Lagriini.

Tenebrionidae (family)

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