Dung Beetle 241020

If you would like to post, you'll need to register. Note that if you have a BCG store account, you'll need a new, separate account here (we keep the two sites separate for security purposes).

soundbyte

A well known member 🇦🇺 📷
Supporting Member
Marketplace
Walking looking for orchids today and saw a pile of dung moving like it was alive, they seem to enter the dung (lay eggs?) then leave and fly off.
There were quite a few of these dung beetles which I think is Onthophagus australis, 11 - 13mm possibly female (no horns).

Dung_Beetle_241020_BCG.jpg
You can only see EXIF info for this image if you are logged in.
 
Back
Top