Tenebrionidae – Hypaulax orcus – Darkling Beetle

Order Coleoptera; Family Tenebrionidae; Scientific name: Hypaulax orcus; Common name: Darkling Beetle – Defensive stance of playing dead - Distribution in Australia: southern Western Australia, southern South Australia, north-western Victoria and south-western New South Wales - Photographed: in November, in Peak Charles National Park, Western Australia.