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Scarab beetlesThe largest shown here, (Scarabaeus sacer), was regarded as sacred in ancient Egypt. Today the species are important to agriculture for their dung burying activities
Copris fallaciosus, Kenyan dung beetleDung beetle specimen from the family Scarabaeidae, held at the Natural History Museum, London
Various Scarabaeus spWatercolour and ink from Drawings of Mandibulata Insects of India, Thomas Hardwicke Collection; 1822 Date: 1822
Scarabaeus rusticus, dung beetleThis 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 beetleTop, lateral and underside views of a female dung beetle also called a tumble dung beetle by John Abbot