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Hey! Hello There! Welcome to my nest! Yes you found me, the "Elusive Dung Beetle". Lookin for Poo is what I do best! I roll my big brown dung around the town gathering more to make my nest for..... I got a hard days work ahead, so I gotta jet! Dung Beetles are amongst the most interesting insects. However, there is far more to these insects than is generally known. For example, few people are aware that not all dung beetles roll dung balls. Some of their relatives feed on compost. Dung beetles can play an important role in breaking up dung so that it may be recycled. Many African dung beetles have been exported to Australia where they were needed to break up dung pads in which flies were breeding.Adult dung beetles eat poop, but they also need it to feed their young. When two beetles mate, they look for a good food supply (pile of poop). They immediately begin digging burrows underneath the poop.Once burrows have been dug, both the male and female begin rolling balls of dung to the bottom of each one. The female dung beetle lays an egg inside each dung ball.Beetle larvae, called grubs, hatch from their eggs and immediately start eating the dung around them. As each grub grows, it gets bigger and bigger. When it is big enough, still inside its dung ball, the grub will change into a pupa (resting stage). Inside its cocoon, the pupa is changing into an adult Dung Beetle.The adult beetles can dig their way out of their burrows.GIANT DUNG BEETLE, Heliocopris andersoni, Order ColeopteraHeliocopris andersoni is distributed from the warmer drier parts of southern Africa north-eastwards to East Africa. It is primarily associated with the coarse-fibred dung of large non-ruminant, herbivorous mammals. For breeding purposes, it buries a large amount of dung thus removing it from access to competitors. This dung mass is converted into several large, spherical brood balls in a subterranean chamber. Each brood ball contains a single egg and is coated in a clay shell. The parent beetles abandon the chamber soon after the eggs have hatched. The larvae feed on the dung, hollowing out the inside of the brood ball as they grow in size. When development is complete, they pupate and emerge as new adults in response to heavy rainfall. It is unclear whether they overwinter as immatures (third instar larvae) or as adults in southern Africa.Heliocopris andersoni may measure up to 57 mm in length and 33 mm in width. The wingspan may exceed 135 mm, and the brood balls in which the larvae develop may measure up to 103 mm in diameter.
If your cooooo, true and like "Poo",like i doo.... then drop me a friend request.The dung beetles include several subfamilies of the large family Scarabaeidae, the scarab beetles. There are thousands of species of dung beetles, occurring worldwide wherever dung is found. Adults range from 2 to over 50 mm in length. Most species are dark colored, but a few have bright patterns or even metallic colors. Many species have distinctive horns or other processes.Some species of dung beetle prefer certain habitats (e.g. grassland or forest) or certain soil types (e.g. sand or clay). Some species feed on dung of only one species of animal, while others are less choosy. Most eat dung, but some scavenge carcasses or feed in decaying vegetation or fungi. Both adults and larvae feed on the food source. Some species shape a brood ball which they roll away to bury, while others simply dig burrows under or near the food and pack it into them. The pictures above show one such brood ball, both whole (upper left) and cut-away to reveal the larva inside.Deltochilum gibbosum occurs throughout the southeastern U.S. and is one of the largest species in North Carolina. It reportedly is partial to carrion but also utilizes dung. Adults have been attracted to decaying fruit and fungi as well. The brood ball is covered with soil and sometimes leaves, resulting in a bulb-shaped ball that is buried in a shallow burrow. Adults have been collected year-round in Florida.Although the biologies of many species are poorly known, as a group dung beetles have received a lot of study. They are highly beneficial as scavengers, and a few species have been introduced intentionally from Africa to Australia and the U.S. In addition to dung removal, their activities enrich the soil and reduce numbers of dung-feeding flies.There are many different species of dung beetles, and many of them go by different names. This page will focus on Phanaeus vindex, usually just called "Dung Beetle," also known as "Rainbow Scarab Beetle."These dung beetles grow up to 1 inch long. They are very colorful, being mostly metallic green and copper-colored.Male beetles may have a long horn on their head, though sometimes it may be smaller. Females do not have horns, but they do have a small bump called a "tubercle.""Dung" is a more scientific way of saying "poop." Dung Beetles are usually found just about anywhere there is animal poop, since this is their main food. They can often be found with other species of dung beetles at "poopy" places.Dung Beetles are active from Spring to Fall. They have an excellent sense of smell and can scent dung from great distances. A fresh pile of poop can attract Dung Beetles in a matter of minutes.Once a pile of dung has been found, Dung Beetles, along with other dung-eating animals will make it disappear quickly. Sometimes an entire pile can be gone in only a few hours.Dung Beetles have a very important job in nature. By eating a food that many animals don't want to eat, they put important nutrients back into the soil that can be used by plants and other animals.Dung Beetles eat the dung of many different animals, but seem to mostly use the poop of large mammals.Predators of Dung Beetles include birds, bats, reptiles, and other insect-eaters.Mites, tiny animals related to spiders, often attach themselves to Dung Beetles so they can get a ride to a new dung site. They do not hurt the beetles.

My Interests

Find dung, rolling poo, making nest, larvae sitting, listening to music, exploring vast areas of land, loving puzzles, staying away from my enemies, making new friends, populating the earth with my children ( you wanna help?), not ending up on scientists table or cutting board with a pin stuck thru my tank like shell, walking, rolling, working, walking, working. There are over 800 species of dung beetles in South Africa and their biology and distribution is fairly well known. We have an understanding of their recent evolutionary relationships, and those species that roll balls have stages in their adult life history when water conservation will be important. Long distance flights searching for dung; rolling balls in the hot sun, and spending the dry season underground will all stress beetle water reserves. In addition, different habitats, such as coastal forests, or high veld savanna will place further, different constraints on these insects. With these constraints in mind, myself and Frances Duncan of the Physiology Department at Wits Medical School, investigated the breathing patterns of five species of South African dung beetles.

I'd like to meet:

Other (cute) beetles, a big round ball of poo and a dark sand dune some time (grrrhh hint hint)Anybody, any time, forest floor or dirt mound!!!! BE THERE!!!
Dung beetles take monkey business very seriously in the Amazon rain forest in South America. That's because dung beetles survive in part by eating monkey poop, called dung.And dung beetles can eat a lot of it. Kevina Vulinec of Delaware State University once came across a three foot by three foot (one meter by one meter) dung pile below a troop of monkeys. This pile was from what she called a "group poop.""[They] all get together, go out on a limb away from the sleeping tree, and all poop together and cause this enormous pile of dung," Vulinec said.The next day Vulinec returned to the dung pile—and the dung was almost gone. Two dung beetles were fighting over the remains.The idea of eating monkey dung might turn some people's stomachs. But dung beetles play an important role in the rain forest. They keep trees healthy.Monkeys eat fruit. Monkeys can't digest the seeds, so seeds end up in monkey dung. That's where the dung beetles come in.Two kinds of dung beetles are especially important: "rollers" and "tunnelers."Rollers make the dung into a ball and then roll it away. They bury it to eat later or lay eggs in it, so their babies can have a meal when they hatch. Tunnelers dig holes under the dung pile to bury it.These actions help move seeds away from the trees that the seeds came from. They also protect the seeds from animals that might eat them."If seeds don't get away from the parent tree, they [can get] all the diseases the parent tree has," Vulinec said. In other words, without monkeys and dung beetles, trees in the rain forest could die.Scientists are now studying dung beetles to help with conservation efforts. Much of the rain forest is threatened by people who cut down trees for farming and cattle grazing.Scientists think that dung beetles could help re-grow the rain forest in areas where it has been cut down.Who knew eating dung could be so important?

Music:

The Beatles, Dung Beetles, Butthole Surfers, Iron Beetle, Primus the brown album only!!

Movies:

The Angery Dung Beetle, Joes Apartment, The Scorpian King, Hard days night, Beetle Juice, Beetle buggin, Beatles, Beetle uncencered the movie, Beatle born, Herbie, The night of the living beetle, The last turd, Dung Wars (a new hope), Lord of the Dung......

Television:

who has time for t.v.......when your rollin' dung all day!!! Dung beetles spend as much time in dung as fish do in water. They breed in dung. They feed on it. They grow up in it. The only time they aren't actually living in it -- or 'working' in it -- is when they're flying around looking for a fresh mass of it.You probably know about what dung beetles are most famous for: making dung into balls, then rolling the balls along. But not all types of dung beetles do this. Some just tear off chunks of dung and shove them along. Other types make balls and drop them into tunnels they dig under the dung pad.But the ball-rolling types are certainly impressive. The ancient Egyptians were so impressed they made the beetles into gods. (They compared a dung-ball to the sun, and the scarab beetle to the mysterious force that moves it across the heaven.)The funny part of it all -- in these days of sexual equality -- is the way the male and female work together. The male slaves away, picking seeds and other useless bits out of the raw material, and tidies the dung up into a neat ball. Then with enormous struggle, he pushes it over the ground -- while the female rides on top. Maybe she's directing the way?Cartoon: a kind of ball-erina (6K)All types of dung beetles bury the dung balls, and the female lays her eggs in them. One egg to each dung ball. She scoops out a bit of dung from the side, lays one egg in the centre, then seals it back up.The dung beetle larva hatches in this 'brood ball' and immediately begins feeding on the dung. The larva has special mouth parts for this: it can bite and chew -- unlike adult beetles (which can only suck juices).The larva grows, goes through a pupa stage, then becomes a young adult beetle. It breaks out of the dung ball and struggles up the tunnel to the surface.These young adults then search for fresh dung pads. They can fly for many kilometres, and can detect dung at great distances by smell. When they find a pad to their liking, males and females pair off, mate, and begin the cycle again.

Books:

"everyone poops" By Taro Gomi...(i still gotta read it tho)

Heroes:

Hmmmmm...... probably dung OOh OHH I like poop too!!! Did I mention Poop....... Browns a nice color for me!! Dung Beetles are very helpful to people since they help clean our environment. In addition to getting rid of animal dung, these beetles also control the spread of disease.Dung Beetles add nutrients to soil, making it more healthy. When humans use chemicals pesticides when gardening and farming, they kill many soil animals, including Dung Beetles. THE BEETLES FAMILY CREST!