A flattened/circular, dark brown beetle, with three raised ridges on its elytra, sitting on orange sand

A flattened/circular, dark brown beetle, with three raised ridges on its elytra, burrowing into orange sand

A ventral view of a flattened/circular, dark brown beetle with legs held tightly against its body

It’s #TenebTuesday! Another “pancaked” #Adelostomini —Stips sp.—photographed at night near Gobabeb Namib Research Institute. The adult beetles spend the days buried in the sand, emerging at night to forage on the dunes. #Coleoptera #Tenebrionidae