#onymacris_unguicularis

Onymacris unguicularis

Species of beetle

Onymacris unguicularis, also known commonly as the fog-basking beetle, head-stander beetle, or the Toktokkies, is a species of darkling beetle that is native to the Namib Desert of southwestern Africa. At night, during foggy weather, these beetles climb sand dunes and stand on their forelegs in order to capture water droplets as they run down their vertical bodies and into their mouths The behaviour is called "fog-basking" and is unique to Onymacris unguicularis and Onymacris bicolor.

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