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jawed beetle, that threatened my lens when he saw himself in the reflection(third photo)
Beetles were coming up from the floodwaters, seeking dry land
Spotted on Dec 25, 2016
Submitted on Jan 11, 2017
3 Comments
Nice one Karen.
I saw several of them during the flood. I'm guessing that like some of the africa beetles, this is a moisture collecting surface?
Scaritine Ground beetle - but no match here in gallery, knobbly surface of yours is exceptional:
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...