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Namib Desert beetle
genus Stenocara
31.142, -3.98261
Field Notes
Description:
With only one and half inch (40 mm) of rain per year has developed a unique technique to survive by obtaining water from early morning fogs. It drinks by the means of its own bumpy back surface, which provides for accumulation of water droplets of fifteen to twenty micrometers in diameter.The beetle has long spindely legs.
Habitat:
The Namib Desert beetle dwells in one of the most arid areas
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