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

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 / Beetles (Zophobas sp) feeding amongst bat guano in Tingo Maria cave, Peru