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Helea sp.
Probably Helea scaphiformis. Found running around some sand dunes at night. Really neat beetle but a pain to take pics of due to them never stopping or even slowing down.
Spotted on Oct 4, 2012
Submitted on Dec 26, 2012
9 Comments
Thanks, wish I had a few more pics of it but wow would it not stop moving, glad I got the one in focus
great find and photo Scott ! they look so different to the ones in NSW and Vic. This guy looks like a seed pod.
looks like genus Helea in the Tenebrionid (pie-dish beetles) family
I think you are right LaurenZarate, it was found at basically the same location, Tenebrionid it is. Now I just need to find the species. Thanks for the help
Here's another one from Namibia: Stips cassidoides: http://www.beetlesofafrica.com/beetle_de...
There's a picture of your beetle, a Tenebrionid ground beetle, on this site, without and ID - you have to go way down the page to get to him.. http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/field....
Maybe a weird type of Tenebrionid?
Maybe a type of Tortoise Beetle?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoise_be...
Wonderful !