---
title: "Obscure Darkling Beetle"
description: "Eleodes obscura — Insecten en spinnen. Eleodes obscura, commonly known as the obscure darkling beetle, is a species of darkling beetle in the genus Eleodes of western North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/obscure-darkling-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Obscure Darkling Beetle

> Eleodes obscura — Insecten en spinnen. Eleodes obscura, commonly known as the obscure darkling beetle, is a species of darkling beetle in the genus Eleodes of western North America.

- Scientific name: *Eleodes obscura*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8588
- Wikidata: [Q5359230](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5359230)
- iNaturalist taxon: [790491](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/790491)

## Names

- en: Obscure Darkling Beetle
- es: Pinacate oscuro

## Countries with the most observations

US (5424), CA (51), MX (11)

## Summary

Eleodes obscura, commonly known as the obscure darkling beetle, is a species of darkling beetle in the genus Eleodes of western North America. It ranges from south-central British Columbia, eastern Washington and Oregon, south to northern Mexico and east to Nebraska, Kansas and Texas.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleodes_obscura

## Photo

![Obscure Darkling Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/obscure-darkling-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Robbie Hannawacker · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/42341515

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/obscure-darkling-beetle?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).