Dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius). This earth-boring dung beetle (family Geotrupidae) feeds on the droppings of herbivorous animals and is found th

---

Dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius). This earth-boring dung beetle (family Geotrupidae) feeds on the droppings of herbivorous animals and is found throughout Europe. Specimen obtained from the University of Valencia, Spain.

---

Size: 3555px × 4931px
Photo credit: © F. MARTINEZ CLAVEL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1, anatomical, anatomy, animalia, arthropod, arthropoda, arthropods, background, beetle, biodiversity, biological, biology, boring, bug, butterfly, captive, coleoptera, coleopteran, cut, cut-, cut-outs, cutout, cutouts, de, dung, earth, earth-boring, elytron, endopterygota, entomological, entomology, europe, european, fauna, geotrupes, geotrupidae, historia, insect, insecta, insects, invertebrate, invertebrates, leg, legs, morphology, museo, natural, nature, neoptera, outs, scanner, scanography, single, specimen, specimens, stercorarius, taxonomy, valenciano, vertical, white, wildlife, zoological, zoology