Most observed native darkling beetles
Native to the US, by how plants support them, most observed first.
Plant eaters All
6 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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Three-ribbed Darkling Beetle
Eleodes tricostata
2,486 observations
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Eleodes longicollis
2,152 observations
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Roughened Darkling Beetle
Upis ceramboides
1,459 observations
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Two-banded Flour Beetle
Alphitophagus bifasciatus
271 observations
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Eleodes clavicornis
134 observations
Flower visitors All
11 native pollinators and other flower visitors, most observed first.
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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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Armored Stink Beetle
Eleodes armata
4,231 observations
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Eleodes grandicollis
2,748 observations
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Eleodes carbonaria
2,573 observations
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Eleodes gracilis
1,943 observations
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Bronze Darkling Beetle
Arthromacra aenea
1,566 observations
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Metopoloba pruinosa
295 observations
Sheltered animals All
7 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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Lobopoda punctulata
134 observations
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Uloma imberbis
57 observations
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Xylopinus aenescens
41 observations
Other species All
374 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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Woolly Darkling Beetle
Eleodes osculans
5,068 observations
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Eleodes goryi
4,886 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
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California Broad-necked Darkling Beetle
Coelocnemis dilaticollis
2,741 observations
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Two-spotted Diaperis
Diaperis maculata
2,417 observations
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Rainbow Beetle
Dinomus micans
2,312 observations