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Earth-boring dung beetle

Geotrupes stercorarius

Photo by BrunoMoller
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Field Notes

Description:

•They feed on droppings of herbivorous animals.
•They lay their eggs into the dung.
•They create a chirping sound with their hind legs.

Habitat:

Around herbivorous animals
-I saw this beetle in Hildesheim(Germany)

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
BrunoMoller
I saw a lot of pictures and it is very difficult to say which species it is. Do you know another difference?
MichaelGeiser
I think it's more likely Anoplotrupes stercorosus, which has much more of a blueish sheen than Geotrupes stercorarius. Also, A. stercorosus ("Waldmistkäfer") is more common in Germany. The actual difference is in the hind tibiae, and difficult to see on a photo: http://coleo-net.de/coleo/texte/geotrupidae.htm

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