Vibrant shiny Geotrupidae earth-boring dung beetle walking on moss
Vibrant shiny Geotrupidae earth-boring dung beetle walking on moss. Geotrupidae is a family of beetles in the order Coleoptera. They are commonly called earth-b...
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Vibrant shiny Geotrupidae earth-boring dung beetle walking on moss. Geotrupidae is a family of beetles in the order Coleoptera. They are commonly called earth-boring dung beetles. Most excavate burrows in which to lay their eggs. They are typically detritivores, provisioning their nests with leaf litter, but are occasionally coprophagous, similar to dung beetles. The eggs are laid in or upon the provision mass and buried, and the developing larvae feed upon the provisions. The burrows of some species can exceed 2 metres in depth.
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