Breakthropers (Tenuprioida) – hardlinal insects. Have a strong chitinized naked or fibrous body; Legs are long or short but strong. Feed, mainly with fungi, with rotting vegetable substances and leaves. The name received it according to the diet of the larvae. Meet in human habitats. There are also in warehouses for flour and food, which is why they are marked as pests. 15,000 species are known, most of the inhabitants of the warm supplies, steppes and deserts. In Macedonia, the type of plain Bracenar (Tenubrio Muthor L.), known as great pest. Adult individuals are active at night, are noticed when flying to light. His numerous larvae live in flour. They are used as food for organisms in terrariums and aquariums. Lit.: Jonce Sapkarev, Zoology of invertebrate animals, Skopje, 1991. V. T. K. – M. Cr. Panko Todorov Bradenarov, Panko Todorov
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