Large Pinacate Beetle

Eleodes obscurus

a large pinacate beetle, Tenebrionidae, Eleodes obscurus, photo © by Allan Ostling

Observed in Rackensack Canyon, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA. 26 October 2013. The photo was taken by Allan Ostling.

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Pinacate Beetles also are called Stink Bugs, mostly by people who do not know about beetles. If you were a predator about to bite the pinacate when it does its famous headstand you would get a face full of very repelling volatile material.

The adult beetles are frequently found walking rather calmly on the soil in and near sycamore woodlands and many other types of semi-arid habitats from British Columbia to Texas. They will feed on a variety of fallen leaves, flowers and fruits. The immature resembles a 'wire worm' and lives in the soil.

Tenebrionidae -- Darkling Beetle Family

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Arizona Naturalist
Sycamore Canyons
Invertebrates in Arizona's Sycamore Canyons


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