Solvin Zankl / Namib desert beetle / Fog Basking Beetle (Stenocara gracilipes) drinking droplets of water which gather on its body during the early morning fog over the dunes, Namib desert, Namibia

Solvin Zankl / Namib desert beetle {Stenocara gracilipes} running over hot sand on its long legs, Namib desert, Namibia

Mark Moffett / Darkling Beetle (Onymacris unguicularis) collecting dew on its upturned body, Namib Desert, Namibia

Floris van Breugel / Darkling Beetle (Tenebrionidae) on sand in White Sands National Park, New Mexico, USA, April.

Nick Upton / Comb-clawed beetle (Pseudocistela ceramboides) climbing up Common hogweed flower stem, Gloucestershire pastureland, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Comb-clawed beetle (Pseudocistela ceramboides) on old Common hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) flowers, Gloucestershire pastureland, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Large Darkling beetle with spiky thorax (Akis bacarozzo), running on streamside river gravel. Corsica, France, June.

Daniel Heuclin / Dune Darkling beetle (Eleodes suturalis) in head-stand posture, White Sands National Park, New-Mexico, USA

Stephen Dalton / Flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum) feeding on bread, UK

Rod Williams / Giant fregate beetle (Polsosipus herculeanus) captive, from Fregate Island (Seychelles) Critically Endangered

Solvin Zankl / Namib desert / Fog basking beetle (Stenocara gracilipes) Namib desert, Namibia

Bruno D'Amicis / Beetle (Tenebrio sp) walking on sand dune in the Sahara desert, Erg Chebbi, Southern Morocco, NW Africa

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Darkling Beetle (Eucomaria sp) in defensive posture, note yellow wax deposit for heat regulation, Namib Desert, Namibia

Solvin Zankl / Trench digger beetles {Lepidochora sp} dig little trenches in the sand surface of a dune which will collect water droplets from the fog, Namib desert, Namibia.

Solvin Zankl / Trench digger beetle {Lepidochora sp} digs little trenches in the sand surface of a dune which will collect water droplets from the fog, Namib desert, Namibia.

Solvin Zankl / Namib desert beetle / Fog Basking Beetle (Stenocara gracilipes) Namib desert, Namibia

Solvin Zankl / Two Darkling beetles {Cauricara eburnea} Namib Desert, Namibia

Solvin Zankl / Namib desert beetle / Fog Basking Beetle (Stenocara gracilipes) drinking droplets of water which gather on its body during the early morning fog over the dunes, Namib desert, Namibia

Solvin Zankl / Trench digger beetles {Lepidochora sp} dug into the sand on a sand dune, Namib Desert, Namibia

Solvin Zankl / Larva of the Namib desert / Fog Basking Beetle (Stenocara gracilipes) digging down into sand to avoid predation, Namib Desert, Namibia. In the substrate it is able to absorb water with its abdomen fro...

Solvin Zankl / Larva of the Namib desert / Fog Basking Beetle (Stenocara gracilipes) digging down into sand to avoid predation, Namib Desert, Namibia. In the substrate it is able to absorb water with its abdomen fro...

Solvin Zankl / Namib desert beetle {Stenocara gracilipes} burying itself in sand to avoid the heat, Namib desert, Namibia

Solvin Zankl / Namib desert / Fog Basking Beetle (Stenocara gracilipes) on the crest of a sand dune in the Namib Desert, drinking droplets of water which gather on its body during the early morning fog over the dune...

Solvin Zankl / Larva of the Namib desert beetle / Fog basking beetle (Stenocara gracilipes) in sand on hand, Namib Desert, Namibia

Albert Lleal / Confused Flour Beetle (Tribolium confusum) SEM close-up view of pair eating flour at 42x magnification

Mark Moffett / Darkling Beetle (Onymarcris bacchus) collecting dew on its back, Namibia

Philippe Clement / Broad-necked Darkling Beetle (Coelocnemis californicus) on rock. Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona, USA

Piotr Naskrecki / Darkling Beetle camouflaged against sand, Australia

PAULA COULTER / Darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae sp) with Yucca flower, White Sands National Monument, New Mexico

Piotr Naskrecki / Darkling Beetle (Tenebrionidae) living under the bark of an Elephant-damaged Baobab tree, Botswana

John Cancalosi / Collared lizard {Crotaphytus collaris} eating darkling beetle, Colorado, USA

Mark Moffett / Darkling Beetle (Onymacris unguicularis) tips its head down to drink dew collected on its back, Namibia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Darkling Beetle (Onymacris unguicularis) drinking, Namib Desert, Namibia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Darkling Beetle (Onymacris unguicularis) drinking, Namib Desert, Namibia

Mark Moffett / Darkling Beetle (Onymacris sp) that grows mold for camouflage, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Mark Moffett / Darkling Beetle (Onymacris sp) that grows mold for camouflage, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Mark Moffett / Darkling Beetle (Eucomaria sp) clinging to twig, Vietnam

Mark Moffett / Darkling Beetle (Onymacris sp), Kerman Dunes, Iran

Mark Moffett / Darkling Beetle (Onymacris sp), Sycamore Canyon, Arizona

Premaphotos / Sulphur dune beetle (Cteniopus sulphureus) on Sea carrot flowers on coastal sand dunes, UK

Premaphotos / Darkling beetle (Eurychora sp) which camouflages its back with sand, in desert, South Africa

Premaphotos / Darkling beetle (Eurychora sp) which camouflages its back with sand, in desert, South Africa

Premaphotos / Darkling beetle (Sepidium tricuspidatum), a pale, armoured species well camouflaged on the desert floor, Israel

Premaphotos / Darkling beetle (Cauricara eburnea) on a quartzite gravel plain in the Namib Desert, Namibia

Premaphotos / Comb clawed beetles (Isomira murina) on Burnet rose flower on dunes, UK

Piotr Naskrecki / Darkling Beetle (Leipidochora sp), Namib Desert, Namibia

Mark Moffett / Spiny Darkling Beetle, Bandar Abbas, Iran

Mark Moffett / Darkling Beetle (Onymacris unguicularis) tips its head down to drink dew collected on its back, Namib Desert, Namibia