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.
Juveniles from the mountains have reddish blotches. At hatching, juveniles of L.t. triangulum are 170-200 mm SVL (avg. = 181.7+/-10.1, n=11), 198-229 mm total length (avg. 209.8+/-11.1), and weigh 3.8-4.3 g (avg = 4.1+/-0.3). Hatchings of L.t. triangulum x elapsoides intergrades from North Carolina are 140-188 mm (avg.