Dung
beetles are beetles that feed partly or exclusively on dung. A dung beetle can
bury dung 250 times heavier than itself in one night.
Many dung
beetles, known as rollers, roll dung into round balls, which are used as a food
source or brooding chambers. Others, known as tunnelers, bury the dung wherever
they find it. A third group, the dwellers, neither roll nor burrow: they simply
live in manure.
Dung
beetles are currently the only known non-human animal to navigate and orient
themselves using the Milky Way.
24th July 2016
Taranga Hills, Mehasan, Gujarat,
India
Nikon D7100
AF-S VR
Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED
f/16, 1/320,iso-800
