Scarab Dung Beetles (Subfamily Scarabaeinae)

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Rainbow Scarab (Phanaeus vindex)
Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC
6 Sep 2018

Common in much of North America east of the Rockies. This individual was frantically scurrying around fairly frest dog scat.

Rainbow Scarab (Phanaeus vindex)
Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC
6 Sep 2018
Rainbow Scarab (Phanaeus vindex)
Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC
6 Sep 2018

Dung Beetle (Melanocanthon sp.) Dung Beetle (Melanocanthon sp.)
Brunswick Co., NC
4 Oct 2008

Dung Beetle (Melanocanthon sp.) Dung Beetle (Melanocanthon sp.)
Brunswick Co., NC
4 Oct 2008

Dung Beetle (Melanocanthon sp.) Dung Beetle (Melanocanthon sp.)
Brunswick Co., NC
4 Oct 2008

When I gently poked this beetle, it immediately tucked in and played dead!


dung beetle dung beetle
Montgomery Co., NC
17 May 2013
dung beetle dung beetle
Montgomery Co., NC
17 May 2013
dung beetle dung beetle
Montgomery Co., NC
17 May 2013

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