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Dung Beetle

Scarabaeinae

Description:

Many dung beetles, known as rollers, are noted for rolling dung into spherical balls, which are used as a food source or brooding chambers. Other dung beetles, known as tunnelers, bury the dung wherever they find it. A third group, the dwellers, neither roll nor burrow: they simply live in manure.

Habitat:

bushveld

Notes:

I spotted this near the village of Hluhluwe.

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2 Comments

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

Hahaha! Sure, why bury it or roll it if you can just live in it?

Latimeria
Latimeria 12 years ago

I imagine the dwellers as the group that watches the other two groups and says "Yeah, I can do that," and then give up after five minutes.

Dan Doucette
Spotted by
Dan Doucette

The Big Five False Bay Local Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Spotted on Mar 22, 2006
Submitted on Jun 22, 2011

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