Earth-boring Dung Beetle

The beetle is up to 2.5 cm. The whole beetle is weakly lustrous and darkly colored, sometimes with a bluish sheen. The body shape is very compact and arched toward the top. On each elytron seven long rows of points are just visible. The head is clearly forward, and similar to a shovel in shape. The antennae are short and thicken into fans at the ends. On each leg there are numerous spikes. The beetle is coprophagous, feeding on the droppings of herbivorous animals, and thus is found wherever cattle are kept.