Also called the Blue Death-Feigning Beetle
Class Insecta, Order Coleoptera, Family Tenebrionidae
What Do They Eat? Mostly fresh and rotting plant material.
Where Do You Find Them? Found in the southwestern U.S.
Fact: Adults play dead to avoid danger. The bluish color of the beetles helps them to blend in with their landscape.
Metamorphosis: Complete (egg -> larvae ->pupa -> adult)
