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πŸͺ² Beetles

Amazonian Scarab

Phanaeus chalcomelas

Not Evaluated

About

A strikingly colorful dung beetle with metallic green, copper, and blue hues. Males have a prominent curved horn on the pronotum.

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Did You Know?

It can bury a dung ball many times its own weight in under an hour, recycling nutrients back into the forest soil.