Can Darkling Beetles Fly?
Short answer; It depends. Darkling beetles is a very large family of beetles (Tenebrionidae) where some species can fly and some do not. Looking more narrowly at the genus Tribolium (i.e. mealworms), which many people refer to when they talk about darkling beetles, it also differs. The common Tribolium castaneum (red flour beetle) as well as T. molitor are good fliers, while T. destructor does not fly. The same goes for the confused flour beetle (T. confusum), which is not know to fly from what I know.