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.
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?
The Beatles, Dung Beetles, Butthole Surfers, Iron Beetle, Primus the brown album only!!
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......
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.
"everyone poops" By Taro Gomi...(i still gotta read it tho)
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!