#geotrupidae

[platycryptus]

An earth-boring dung beetle (probably Geotrupes hornii or G. balyi) I saw flying around before landing in a sandy clearing

(Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 8/3/24)

[herpsandbirds]

Spring Dumbledor or Spring Dor Beetle (Trypocopris vernalis), family Geotrupidae, Poland

The Geotrupidae are referred to as the Earth Boring Dung Beetles.

photographs by Jacek Katos

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: MARCH 3RD, 2026 | Image IDs: Two photos of a dark metallic green, black, and brown earth boring beetle on the end of a patch of concrete, a bit of dirt on the top of its face /End IDs.]

A shiny little thaaang :]

[hazerl]

Bolbocerosoma confusum, one of the more pumpkin-y members of the earth-boring beetle family, is always a pleasure to stumble upon! They are impressively round and recognizable little beetles that we find in our prairie traps occasionally. Three of these bulbous beetles are up on my website now!

Banana for scale.

[wild-e-eep]

Now that's some sparkly shit.

[onenicebugperday]

@bare1ythere submitted: Do you know what kind of beetle this stunning little guy I saw in Kyoto is? I gasped out loud when I spotted it. Thanks!!

I do! One of the earth-boring scarab beetles in the genus Phelotrupes.

[every-day-creechur]

Scarab Beetle Thorectes intermedius

Found throughout the western Mediterranean basin: Algeria, Tunisia, France, Italy, Malta. While it eats a variety of material, during nesting it uses only vertebrate dung as food for the future larvae.

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