Project Description

Worldwide

The larvae of superworm beetles are sold in pet stores as food for pet lizards.  When allowed to go through their entire life cycle they make a fantastic, handleable classroom animal, perfect for demonstrating metamorphosis to students.

  • Class: Insecta (Insects)
  • Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
  • Family: Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles)
  • Species: Zophobas morio