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Pinacate beetle, Darkling beetle

Eleodes armatus

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Field Notes

Description:

Eleodes sp.

Habitat:

Sandy wash, 3600'

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Robb Hannawacker
I've never witnessed body dew drinking with Eleodes, but maybe the more humid Baja Pacific Coast would be analogous to the Namib Desert (fog deserts).
LaurenZarate
This one has the most vertical position I've ever seen! Does this species collect night moisture like the Namibia species?

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California Coleoptera
Mission
Joshua Tree National Park Biodiversity
Photographed
PublishedMay 23, 2013

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