Dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorosus) on the forest floor. This earth-boring dung beetle (family Geotrupidae) feeds on the droppings of herbivorous anim

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Dung beetle (Geotrupes stercorosus) on the forest floor. This earth-boring dung beetle (family Geotrupidae) feeds on the droppings of herbivorous animals and is found throughout Europe. Photographed in Lower Silesia, Poland.

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