Dung Beetle Collection

Scarab beetles
The largest shown here, (Scarabaeus sacer), was regarded as sacred in ancient Egypt. Today the species are important to agriculture for their dung burying activities

Curtis British Entomology Plate 414
Coleoptera: Copris lunaris (Lunar-headed Dung-beetle) [Plant: Chenopodium vulvaria (Chenopodium olidum, Stinking Goosefoot)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 52
Coleoptera: Onthophagus taurus (Bull-headed Dung-beetle) [Plant: Achillea ptarmica (Sneeze-wort Yarrow)] Date: 1824-39

Copris fallaciosus, Kenyan dung beetle
Dung beetle specimen from the family Scarabaeidae, held at the Natural History Museum, London

Various Scarabaeus sp
Watercolour and ink from Drawings of Mandibulata Insects of India, Thomas Hardwicke Collection; 1822 Date: 1822

Scarabaeus rusticus, dung beetle
This species has characteristic orange red antennae and can be seen rolling a worked sphere of dung. Specimen collected on elephant dung in South Africa

Phanaeus vindex (Macleay), dung beetle
Top, lateral and underside views of a female dung beetle also called a tumble dung beetle by John Abbot

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