Prey typically consists of cockroaches, crickets, flies, darkling beetles and caterpillars. Tenebrio is a genus of darkling beetles. They will then, upon maturation, emerge from their pupal stage as darkling beetles. "The Darkling Thrush" is a poem by Thomas Hardy. Darkling beetle is the common name of the large family of beetles Tenebrionidae. Alphitobius diaperinus is a species of beetle in the family Tenebrionidae, the darkling beetles. Flour beetles are members of the darkling beetle genera "Tribolium" or "Tenebrio". The Darkling helps Jackie escape and retake a small portion of the Darkness. Culler calls the "darkling plain" Arnold's "central statement" of the human condition. Caleb and later Pogue see a "darkling", a dead spirit and a malicious omen. Spare elegance is evident in darkling serenity with a hint of sparkle. At that moment the Darkling and his minions appear. She feels a strong attraction to the Darkling, which he seems to reciprocate. He is the CEO and founder of Darkling Room. Saro-Wiwa's war diaries, "On a Darkling Plain", document his experience during the war.