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Dung beetle rolling a ball of dung in the Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa. Dung beetles live in many habitats, including desert, grasslands and savannas, [10] farmlands, and native and planted forests. [11] They are highly influenced by the environmental context, [2] and do not prefer extremely cold or dry weather.
The adults of A. stercorosus grow up to 12–19 millimetres (0.47–0.75 in) long [7] [8] and therefore they do not reach the length of the very similar common dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius). The body colour is blue-black, while the underside is usually metallic blue. The elytra have seven longitudinal slightly dotted grooves. The wings ...
Aphodius is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. In most species both the adults and larvae are coprophagous (dung feeding) [1] although some species have herbivorous or saprophagous larvae. [2] Aphodius species typically dominate dung beetle communities in north temperate ecosystems. [3]
Euoniticellus intermedius (also known as the Northern Sandy Dung Beetle) is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] E. intermedius is native to Southeastern Africa but has spread to the United States, Mexico, and Australia. [ 3 ]
Both adult and young of Phanaeus are generally coprophagous, feeding primarily on dung from a wide range of mammals, but they tend to prefer wet, as opposed to dry, dung. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] A pair of Phanaeus will tunnel in the soil below the dung to make nests where some of the dung is placed and the eggs are laid (each egg having its own, typically ...
The larvae and adult forms of Histeridae have been known to feed on dung, carrion, decomposing vegetation, other insects, larvae, and pupae. [11] Hister beetles are able to locate both dung and carrion through olfaction. When found on dung, carrion and vegetation, the hister beetles will feed on the fly larvae found there. [12]
Adult beetles are active from early June to late September. They are commonly observed from the droppings of horses and cows and sometimes from human excreta. Ecological niches include both deciduous forests and light forests yachts as well as open spaces. [2] [4] This species was formerly a member of the genus Aphodius. [5]
Adults separate balls of dung from droppings and roll them some distance over the soil surface before burying them. [2] Eggs are laid in the buried dung; this provides a source of food for the larvae once they hatch.