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πŸͺ² Beetles

Bolboceras Dung Beetle

Bolboceras armiger

About

A stout, rounded earth-boring beetle with a yellowish-brown body and a prominent horn on the male head. It digs deep burrows to cultivate subterranean fungal gardens rather than provisioning with dung. Adults are attracted to lights.

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Did You Know?

Rather than eating dung, this earth-boring beetle cultivates underground fungal gardens in its burrows.