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Rough Darkling Beetle

Photo by ChunXingWong
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Field Notes

Description:

A black-colored beetle crawling on the forest floor trying to escape from my view. Have quite a rough pair of elytra. 19mm in length.

Habitat:

Forest floor near the Botanical Garden entrance, Tawau Hills Park, Tawau, Sabah.

Notes:

>>>Map accuracy: 200m diameter. Spotted this during a night walk with Dan in one of the forest trails.

Species ID Suggestions

Darkling beetle

Family Tenebrionidae
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Comments (1)
ChunXingWong
Thank you very much for your suggestion, Stephen Thorpe. I have updated the spotting information.

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PublishedMay 3, 2014

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