Eleodes sp.
Darkling Beetle
A member of the Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles), Order Coleoptera (Beetles),
Class Insecta (Insects), Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods), Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Adult; this group of beetles are often called "stink bugs", since they can
emit a foul-smelling substance when disturbed.
This one is about an inch long.
Walking across Hole in the Wall to Mid Hills Trail, a mile or two northwest of Hole in the Wall,
at ca. 4400 feet elevation.
7 April 2008, 10:40 am.
Image copyright © Lee Dittmann.
This page created 15 September 2008; revised 10 December 2009.
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