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

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

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