Spiders certainly must look ferocious to the insects and other creatures they eat. But to many animals, spiders look delicious.
Description: Darkling beetles are about 18mm to 30mm (0.75 to 1,5in) long and an elongate oval in shape, that is black in color.The head contains notched eyes, thread-like antennae, and chewing mouth parts. The front wings are smooth and shiny, and the legs are long.eographic range: There are 100 species in the Western United States, and these Beetles are one of the most commonly seen insects in the Jornada Basin. Habitat: The darkling beetle is found in a variety of desert habitat s such as shrub lands, grasslands, and arroyos.
Big Beetle. American burying beetles are the largest of the carrion beetles: up to one-and-a-half inches long. They are shiny black with bright orange-red bands on their elytra (wing-covers). They also have a bright orange-red patch just behind the head and a patch between the eyes.