Dung Beetles Gallery

Earth-boring dung beetle (Geotrupes laevistriatus)

Earth-boring dung beetle (Geotrupes laevistriatus), about 14 to 20 mm long. The lustrous colour varies from region to region, from a reddish purple to vivid green, indigo or deep blue. Hokkaido, Japan

Animal, Beetle, Centimetre Kogane, Coleoptera, Dor, Dung Beetle, East Asian, Fauna, Geotrupidae, Insect, Lusgtrous, Lustre, Metallic, Scarabaeoidea, Sheen, Wildlife

Dung beetles are beetles that feed partly or exclusively on dung. A dung beetle can bury dung 250 times heavier than itself in one night. Many dung beetles, known as rollers, roll dung into round ball

Dung beetles are beetles that feed partly or exclusively on dung. A dung beetle can bury dung 250 times heavier than itself in one night. Many dung beetles, known as rollers, roll dung into round balls, which are used as a food source or breeding chambers

© Dori Moreno

736808283, Africa, Animals, Countries, Gallo Keywords, Kgalagadi Transfrontier

Euselates sp., rose chafer beetle

A colourful rose chafer beetle photographed in Sri Lanka. Chafer beetles have a characteristic V-shape where their wings meet and are a member of the same family as dung beetles

© Mary Evans Picture Library 2015 - https://copyrighthub.org/s0/hub1/creation/maryevans/MaryEvansPictureID/10711798

Angiosperm, Angiospermae, Animal, Arthropod, Arthropoda, Asia, Beetle, Cetoniidae, Cetoniinae, Ceylon, Chafer, Chafer Beetle, Coleoptera, Day, Day Time, Daytime, Dicot, Dicotyledon, Eudicot, Eurosid, Euselates, Fabidae, Flower Beetle, Flower Chafer, Flower Scarab, Flowering Plant, Fruit Chafer, Hexapod, Hexapoda, Insect