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πŸͺ² Beetles

Giant Gymnopleurus

Gymnopleurus virens

About

A medium-sized roller dung beetle with a coppery-green sheen and a nearly spherical body shape. It is a rapid roller, moving dung balls quickly across sun-baked grasslands. Diurnal and very heat-tolerant.

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Did You Know?

Its round, compact body shape minimizes water loss in the hot, dry environments it inhabits.