Dung beetle
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Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. All species of dung beetle belong to the superfamily Scarabaeoidea, most of them to the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae of the family Scarabaeidae.
The beetle climbs onto the ball.
The beetle starts to turn around.
The beetle continues turning around.
Coprophagia
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Coprophagia or coprophagy is the consumption of feces. The word is derived from the Ancient Greek κόπρος kópros "feces" and φαγεῖν phageîn "to eat". Coprophagy refers to many kinds of feces-eating, in
A female oriental latrine fly (Chrysomya megacephala) feeding on feces
Nepenthes lowii pitcher
Pameridea roridulae on Roridula dentata
Two Adonis blue butterflies feeding on a lump of feces