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Dung Beetles

Canthon sp.

Photo by Jack Settle
Published on Project Noah
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36.7473, -95.9808

Field Notes

Description:

Some dung beetles rolling a ball of dung across a gravel road at night.

Habitat:

On a gravel road in the country

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)

At night, dung beetles use the MILKY WAY to navigate!! http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/24/dung-beetles-navigate-via-the-milky-way-an-animal-kingdom-first/

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