Dung beetle
Dung beetles specialise in recycling animal waste. They bury it as food for their larvae and in doing so prevent it from building up everywhere and recycle nutrients back into the ground as food for plants.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 333/2007
- Category
- Natural History
- Collection Class
- Arthropods
- Common Name
- dung beetle
- Simple Name
- insect: beetle
