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dry environment in the dusty areas near the beach
There are two species - if I can get both IDs I would be forever grateful :-)
Spotted on Dec 9, 2011
Submitted on Dec 10, 2011
7 Comments
Will do - thanks!!
Hi Nicole - Check out - http://www.birdsofsaudiarabia.com/2011/0... - Adesmia is a genus of beetles as well but Im unsure which species this one belongs to
Thanks, Martin!
Looks like it could be that fellow.
I'll upload a crop of that one alone as a new spotting.
Since there's no plant in the pic, I figure, Ajmal meant the big beetle, just mixed up names...?
Beetles are some tough Critters to ID
Adesmia is also the name of a plant
Tentyrina palmeri (small beetle) http://www.arkive.org/rack-beetle/tentyr...
These ID's look good to me.
Thanks, Karen!
@Ajmal
Adesmia is a plant ?!
And can't find the Rack beetle :/
The most plentiful are Adesmia spp. beetles and the loner is a Rack beetle (Tentyrina palmera or something, cant remember the spelling) :)
Look up dung beetles