Trogidae – Omorgus mariae – Flightless Carcass Beetle

Order Coleoptera; Family Trogidae (Flightless Carcass Beetles); Scientific name: Omorgus mariae; Common name: Flightless Carcass Beetle – Distribution in Australia: recorded from Midwest Region of Western Australia – Behavioural note: As this interesting image depicts this beetle transporting a herbivore dropping it might be a proof that it is not strictly a carcass feeder - Photographed in June, in Kennedy Range NP.