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

Emanuele Biggi / Dead swiftlet being eaten by darkling beetles and cockroaches. Deer cave, Gunung Mulu National Park, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Emanuele Biggi / Cockroaches and darkling beetles feeding on a young dead Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat (Chaerephon plicatus). Gomantong caves, Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia.

Emanuele Biggi / Cockroaches and darkling beetles feeding on a young dead Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat (Chaerephon plicatus). Gomantong caves, Borneo, Sabah, Malaysia.

MYN / Dimitris Poursanidis / Darkling beetles (Cossyphus tauricus) Crete, Greece. meetyourneighbours.net project

Piotr Naskrecki / Darkling Beetle (Tenebrionidae), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Darkling Beetle (Tenebrionidae), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Darkling Beetle (Tenebrionidae), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Darkling Beetle (Tenebrionidae), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Darkling Beetle (Tenebrionidae), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique