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Dung beetle During our hike we encountered numerous dung beetles, usually around deer dung. We did not see dung beetles while rolling a ball of dung, I hope to be able to picture that scene some time. Anoplotrupes stercorosus,Geotagged,Germany Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Dung beetle

During our hike we encountered numerous dung beetles, usually around deer dung. We did not see dung beetles while rolling a ball of dung, I hope to be able to picture that scene some time.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    I've seen many of these as well last year during a hike on the Veluwe. They always seem to find their way to paved roads, probably because of the heat. Posted 12 years ago

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The Woodland Dor Beetle

"Anoplotrupes stercorosus", the dor beetle, is a species of earth-boring dung beetle belonging to the family Geotrupidae, subfamily Geotrupinae.

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Similar species: Beetles
Species identified by Joost Thissen
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By Joost Thissen

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Uploaded Mar 10, 2013. Captured Apr 29, 2012 15:35 in Urftseerandweg, Eifel National Park, Germany.
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  • Canon PowerShot G7
  • f/4.8
  • 1/318s
  • 44.4mm