RA Diet: Bread, oats, greens, veggies, leftovers.

Hands On: NO.

Range: Everywhere.

Habitat: Rotting logs and leaves.

Natural Diet: Scavangers, decaying material and carrion

Size:  30-35 mm long as worms15-24 mm long.as beetles

Lifespan: a few months

In many countries these are cooked and eaten by humans.  They are healthy and a valuable source of protein.  Taste a little like almonds.

Reproduction: Females lay hormones that attract the male.  Females lay eggs, which hatch out small meal worms. The worms will molt many times and grow.  They will soon change into a pupae form and emerge as a beetle.

Conservation: Extremely beneficial as recyclers of organic material.