Eleodes hispilabris Black

Description

Eleodes hispilabris “Black” is a reference to the coloration (black) of the specimens offered through this listing. These are a medium-sized teneb species, often with distinctive lines in their elytra (fused wing covers). They cannot fly. Some specimens are narrower-bodied than others and this may be a reference to their sex.

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Teneb is short for tenebrionidae. Tenebrionidae is the family of beetles that includes darklings like various species of Eleodes, Stenomorpha, Argoporis and death feigning beetles. All of these beetles tend to do very well in communal tanks since they have the same habitat and feeding preferences.

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