Arthropods
🪲Mealworm
Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus, 1758
Mealworms are the larval form of the yellow mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor, a species of darkling beetle.
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Also called
Tenebrio molitor, Yellow Mealworm, yellow mealworm, yellow mealworm beetle
Conservation status
Not evaluated
The IUCN Red List has not assessed Tenebrio molitor yet.
Key measurements
- Body mass
- not recorded
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Facts and figures
Everything we know about the Mealworm
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
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Where it sits
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderColeoptera
- ›familyTenebrionidae
- ›genusTenebrio
- ›speciesTenebrio molitor
Full lineage
- classInsects · Insecta
- orderBeetles · Coleoptera
- suborderPolyphaga
- genusTenebrio
All 8 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- orderBeetles · Coleoptera
- suborderPolyphaga
- genusTenebrio
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In other languages
Mehlkäfer (de), jauhopukki (fi), 갈색거저리 (ko), stor melbille (nb), 黄粉虫 (zh), közönséges lisztbogár (hu) … and 24 more languages
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