Latin: Tenebrio molitor. Its larvae are probably best known as those mealworms that are sold as animal feed. It is a rather large beetle, 1.5 cm long. The yellow mealworm beetle lives in birds’ nests, where the larvae feed on the food spills that accumulate in the nests when the young birds are fed. The […]
Mealworm beetle
( Latin: Tenebrio molitor) This beetle is best known from its larvae, known as mealworms, which are a favourite food for cage birds and vivarium animals. Mealworms are particularly associated with corn or flour, but sometimes they can also be found in sparrows’ nests where they feed on the birds’ droppings. Most of them overwinter […]