Definitions for darkling beetle

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

dark′ling bee`tle(n.)

any brown or black beetle of the family Tenebrionidae, the larvae of which feed on decaying plant matter.
Category: Entomology

Princeton's WordNet

darkling beetle, darkling groung beetle, tenebrionid(noun)
sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain

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