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dung beetle

Anoplotrupes stercorosus

Description:

The adults grow up to 12–20 millimetres long and can be encountered from June through next Spring, mainly in beech forests. This dung beetle feeds on feces, rotting fungi and tree lymph of the host-plants.

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Dung Beetle
Anoplotrupes stercorosus Anoplotrupes stercorosus


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1 Comment

Jopy
Jopy 10 years ago

thank you :D

Jopy
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Jopy

Croatia

Spotted on Jun 8, 2013
Submitted on Jun 8, 2013

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