Fog drinkers beetle

Description:

The fog drinkers beetle is black, about two inches tall and has striking long legs. The wing covers are like the pronotum almost entirely smooth and shiny, grooved only for back-end weak. The elytra are fused at the joint, the hind wings regressed. The space under the elytra is thereby converted to a respiratory chamber. The abdominal spiracles öffenen in this room, which only occurs on a column at the rear end with the outside world with information that can be closed. Depending on the outside temperature, it must renew its breath every 10 to 30 minutes. Since the dune sand is permeable to air, they have to not necessarily to the surface.

Habitat:

The fog drinker Beetle (Onymacris unguicularis) is a beetle of the family of darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae). It is endemic to the Namib desert. Onymacris unguicularis is a type of open sand dunes. He lives in the loose shifting sand of the dune crests.

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Location Data GPS tagged.