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Tom Astle
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Writer and nature photographer, especially macro photography of arthropods. Fan of California, Montana, the rest of the planet. Photo website: www.tomastlephotography.com/
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The beetle family Tenebrionidae are called darkling beetles, so here's one for Teneb Tuesday. I believe it's Embaphion sp., probably E. muricatum. It is the beetle version of shallow candy dish, although instead of candy it has caramel-colored mites hitching a ride at the back. #insects 🐙🌿

A closeup photo of a black, oval shaped beetle walking on sand. The beetle's thorax and abdomen have a flared, upward-turned edge, giving it the look of a shallow dish. There are several very tiny mites hitching a ride at the rear of its wing covers.
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Does the dish collect moisture?

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Writer and nature photographer, especially macro photography of arthropods. Fan of California, Montana, the rest of the planet. Photo website: www.tomastlephotography.com/
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