FLower beetle carries pollen in a yellow hibiscus flower. Mt Coot-tha, QLD.
Small auger beetle navigates fibres on a purple woollen jumper. Cambroon, QLD.
This angle clearly shows the hooks on the pronotum (the bit that looks like a helmet). I imagine as the beetle feeds the natural movement of the pronotum would work to pull the beetle further into it's tunnel. Photographed on a purple woollen jumper. Cambroon, QLD.