Most observed native darkling beetles and allies
Native to the US, by how plants support them, most observed first.
Plant eaters All
48 native animals that feed on plants, most observed first.
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Rough-lipped Darkling Beetle
Eleodes hispilabris
4,891 observations
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Tumbling Ragdoll
Mordella marginata
4,872 observations
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Bordered Wedge-shaped Beetle
Macrosiagon limbata
4,587 observations
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Master Blister Beetle
Lytta magister
3,656 observations
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Punctate Blister Beetle
Epicauta puncticollis
3,369 observations
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Orange Blister Beetle
Nemognatha piazata
2,715 observations
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Three-ribbed Darkling Beetle
Eleodes tricostata
2,486 observations
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Margined Blister Beetle
Epicauta funebris
2,431 observations
Flower visitors All
128 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most observed first.
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Black Blister Beetle
Epicauta pensylvanica
6,738 observations
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Eleodes acuticauda
5,349 observations
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Rough-lipped Darkling Beetle
Eleodes hispilabris
4,891 observations
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Tumbling Ragdoll
Mordella marginata
4,872 observations
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Bordered Wedge-shaped Beetle
Macrosiagon limbata
4,587 observations
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Brassy Blister Beetle
Lytta aenea
4,468 observations
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Armored Stink Beetle
Eleodes armata
4,231 observations
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Master Blister Beetle
Lytta magister
3,656 observations
Sheltered animals All
16 native animals that nest or roost in plants, most observed first.
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False Mealworm Beetle
Alobates pensylvanicus
4,300 observations
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Coelocnemis magna
2,958 observations
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Contracted Darkling Beetle
Meracantha contracta
1,483 observations
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Smooth Darkling Beetle
Merinus laevis
600 observations
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Cloudy Flower Beetle
Anthicus cervinus
564 observations
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Zonitis sayi
553 observations
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Zonitis bilineata
428 observations
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Brown-bordered Sunflower Blister Beetle
Gnathium minimum
191 observations
Other species All
791 native species with no plant ties on record, most observed first.
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Obscure Darkling Beetle
Eleodes obscura
8,505 observations
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Diabolical Ironclad Beetle
Phloeodes diabolicus
6,813 observations
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Zopherus nodulosus
5,293 observations
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Woolly Darkling Beetle
Eleodes osculans
5,068 observations
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Eleodes goryi
4,886 observations
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Meloe impressus
3,636 observations
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Dentate Stink Beetle
Eleodes dentipes
3,624 observations
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Forked Fungus Beetle
Bolitotherus cornutus
3,031 observations