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Meal Worm (Larva)

Tenebrio molitor

Photo by Katherine GA
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Field Notes

Description:

Tan/brown worm with a soft exoskeleton . Their exoskeleton has 13 segments; a head, 3 thoracic segments, and nine abdominal segments. They also have 6 legs. Reptiles love these juicy little arthropods.

Habitat:

They love to to dig into soft rotten wood and make there home there. If that’s not available you’ll find them in dirt.

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PublishedNovember 14, 2021

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