Earth-boring dung beetles
Scientific name: Geotrupidae
Earth-boring dung beetles
Scientific name: Geotrupidae
Description
Contrary to the unglamorous reputation that often surrounds beetles, the Geotrupidae family, turns a seemingly mundane existence into an environmental advantage. Adults of this family are proficient tunnellers, creating extensive underground networks which serve as channels for organic waste decomposition, thus enhancing soil fertility. These beetles leverage dung not just as a food source, but ingeniously as a nursery for their offspring, impressively spinning waste into ecological gold. Debunking the view of beetles as mere pests, Geotrupidae highlights a remarkable symbiosis with Earth’s life cycle.
Species of Earth-boring dung beetles
Scientific Classification
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