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Cow pat foray
The humble dumbledor: Trypocopris dung beetles
The humble dumbledor: Trypocopris dung beetles
Dung beetle (Trypocopris pyrenaeus var. coruscans). Galicia, Spain. Photo by Raymond JC Cannon
There are said to be about 460 species of dung beetles in Europe (Byk & Piętka, 2018), with about 60of them occurring in the UK. They carry out the important job of breaking down and degrading dung pats and they also boost the productivity of a pasture by enhancing the activity of soil microorganisms.…
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