Darkling Beetles - FAMILY TENEBRIONIDAE
- This page contains information and pictures about Darkling Beetles that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
Beetles in this family are usually black or brown in colour, highly variable in shape. Their antenna are medium length. They feed on variety of dead materials of plants and fungal.
Subfamily Tenebrioninae
- Chalcopterus Beetle
- Chalcopteroides sp., body length 20mm
- This beetle is black in colour. It is shiny in metallic green or red depend on the angle you look at it. We took this picture in a forest near Wivenhoe Lake in late summer. The beetle was resting on a gum tree trunk. Here we like to thank Mr. Justin Bartlett in Brisbane. Justin sent us email to identify this beetle. Justin also advised that there are many similar looking species in this genus that are commonly found on, and under bark of Eucalyptus. They are all black with an iridescent sheen.
- Chalcopterus Beetle
- Chalcopteroides sp., body length 20mm
- Found under bark of Eucalyptus during early summer and mid summer in Karawatha Park. They like to hide on a smooth gum tree trunk under loose barks. Please check this page for more pictures and information.
Subfamily Lagriinae
- Brown Darkling Beetle
- Ecnolagria sp., body length 20mm
- We found a lot of those beetles hiding in a tree at Mt Nebo Outlook during mid summer. In the small area at Mt Nebo Outlook, we saw a few hundreds of them hiding. More pictures and information can be found in this page.
- Black Darkling Beetle
- Ecnolagria sp., body length 15mm
- This beetle was found alone on a vine in Yugarapul Park during mid summer. It flied away after we took those pictures. Please also check this page.
- Ecnolagria sp., body length 20mm
