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mealworm
(redirected from yellow mealworm)

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mealworm
see alphitobius diaperinus.
yellow mealworm
see tenebrio molitor.
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A number of species of darkling beetles infest stored food; the yellow mealworm, larger than most stored-food insects, is cultured in large numbers as food for animals in zoos and the pet trade.
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The spiders went for the dead prey more than 80 percent of the time, whether they were dining on crickets, which are larger than brown recluse spiders; yellow mealworm larvae, which are similar to the spider in size; or wax moth larvae, which are smaller, Sandidge reports in the Nov.
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