General: Winged Darkling Beetles (Stenomorpha marginata) are medium-sized, slow moving beetles of the desert with rough elytra and "wings" on the pronotum. These beetles eat plant debris on the desert floor and do not stink. Stenomorpha marginata is a palatable mimic of the noxious Eleodes obscura.

Taxonomy: Order Coleoptera (Beetles), Family Tenebrionidae (Darkling Beetles), Subfamily Pimeliinae

Where to Find: This beetle occurs in Arizona and New Mexico.