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dung bee·tle
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dung beetlenoun
any of numerous beetles that roll balls of dung on which they feed and in which they lay eggs
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dung beetlenoun
A type of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae noted for rolling dung into spherical balls and pushing it.
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Dung beetle
Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. Some species of dung beetles can bury dung 250 times their own mass in one night.Many dung beetles, known as rollers, roll dung into round balls, which are used as a food source or breeding chambers. Others, known as tunnelers, bury the dung wherever they find it. A third group, the dwellers, neither roll nor burrow: they simply live in dung. They are often attracted by the feces collected by burrowing owls. There are dung beetle species of various colors and sizes, and some functional traits such as body mass (or biomass) and leg length can have high levels of variability.All the species belong to the superfamily Scarabaeoidea, most of them to the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae of the family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles). As most species of Scarabaeinae feed exclusively on feces, that subfamily is often dubbed true dung beetles. There are dung-feeding beetles which belong to other families, such as the Geotrupidae (the earth-boring dung beetle). The Scarabaeinae alone comprises more than 5,000 species.The nocturnal African dung beetle Scarabaeus satyrus is one of the few known invertebrate animals that navigate and orient themselves using the Milky Way.
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dung beetle
A dung beetle is a type of insect belonging to the family Scarabaeidae, known for its behavior of rolling dung into balls and using it as a food source or breeding chamber. There are many different species of dung beetles found around the world. Some species are known to navigate using the Milky Way, the moon, and the sun.
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Dung beetle
Dung beetles are beetles that feed partly or exclusively on feces. All the species belong to the superfamily Scarabaeoidea; most of them to the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae of the family Scarabaeidae. As most species of Scarabaeinae feed exclusively on feces, that subfamily is often dubbed true dung beetles. There are dung-feeding beetles which belong to other families, such as the Geotrupidae. The Scarabaeinae alone comprises more than 5,000 species. Many dung beetles, known as rollers, roll dung into round balls, which are used as a food source or brooding chambers. Other dung beetles, known as tunnelers, bury the dung wherever they find it. A third group, the dwellers, neither roll nor burrow: they simply live in manure. They are often attracted by the dung burrowing owls collect. Dung beetles are currently the only animal, other than humans, known to navigate and orient themselves using the Milky Way.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dung beetle in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dung beetle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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- escarabat piloterCatalan, Valencian
- hovniválCzech
- MistkäferGerman
- escarabajo peloteroSpanish
- sittiäinen, sittisontiainenFinnish
- bousier, scarabée bousierFrench
- ciaróg aoilighIrish
- scarabeo stercorarioItalian
- 糞虫, 糞転がし, フンコロガシJapanese
- 말똥구리, 쇠똥구리, 소똥구리Korean
- strontkever, mestkeverDutch
- chąąneiłmaasiiNavajo, Navaho
- rola-bosta, escaravelhoPortuguese
- scarabeuRomanian
- навозный жукRussian
- balegar, балегара, балегар, balegara, говноваљ, govnovaljSerbo-Croatian
- bubuzhelAlbanian
- bok böceğiTurkish
- bọ hungVietnamese
- 糞甲蟲Chinese
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