A Decade of Curious Creatures
Dung Beetle
Most of the 5,000 and counting species of Scarabaeinae, the ‘true dung beetles’, feed exclusively on dung. They are born in a turd, and they live, work and die in faeces. They’re not the only ones.
Most of the 5,000 and counting species of Scarabaeinae, the ‘true dung beetles’, feed exclusively on dung. They are born in a turd, and they live, work and die in faeces. They’re not the only ones.