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Photo by KarenSaxton
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Field Notes

Description:

jawed beetle, that threatened my lens when he saw himself in the reflection(third photo)

Notes:

Beetles were coming up from the floodwaters, seeking dry land

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
KarenSaxton
I saw several of them during the flood. I'm guessing that like some of the africa beetles, this is a moisture collecting surface?
thaptor
Scaritine Ground beetle - but no match here in gallery, knobbly surface of yours is exceptional: http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:699f000b-3d51-4b38-a083-6d7f1934ff1e#gallery

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