30 October 2009 - Mazumbai Forest, East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. Mazumbai Forest is one of the last pristine Montane Rainforests in Tanzania. When you do a jungle hike, always make sure you pack your camara, macro lens and a fully charged ring lamp for the macro lens :-)  Dung beetle (Mestkever). Beautiful, metallic green shine on the thorax. And of course some spikes. It looks like a tank. Can't help but to see a similarity with the bombarding giant beetles in the movie Starship Troopers and the Garthim in The Dark Crystal.  ------------  ID PLEASE!  This beetle is likely a dung beetle in the Scarabaeinae subfamily. Any confirmation (comment please!) or specification of this species is welcome!   For those who like the biological details: Click a link and you'll go to the Flickr photo page for that rank in the biological classification.  Phylum: Arthropoda; Arthropods / Geleedpotigen Class: Insecta; Insects / Insekten Order: Coleoptera; Beetles / Kevers Suborder: Polyphaga; Scarab Beetles, Lady Beetles, Click Beetles, Rove Beetles, etc. / Mestkevers, Kortschildkever-achtigen, Kniptorachtigen, etc. Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia; Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea; Scarab Beetles, Dung Beetles, etc. / Mestkevers, Vliegende Herten, etc. Family: Scarabaeidae; Scarab Beetles / Bladsprietkevers Subfamily: Scarabaeinae; True Dung Beetles / Mestkevers