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.  Read the full story behind the hike in northern Tanzania and the photos in my blog entry: wildlifespotting.blogspot.com/2011/05/day-60-mazumbai-dun...  ------------  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