Mark Moffett / Golden Scarab Beetle (Plusiotis resplendens) portrait, Monteverde Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Scarab Beetle on a Guzmania flower, Damaraland, Namibia

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Dung Beetle (Scarabaeidae) rolling dung ball, Kenya

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Dung Beetle (Scarabaeidae) rolling dung ball, Kenya

Mark Moffett / African Scarab Beetle (Circellium bacchus) rolling dung ball, Addo National Park, South Africa

Mark Moffett / African Scarab Beetle (Circellium bacchus) rolls animal dung into balls which are buried and fed upon by its larvae, South Africa

Morley Read / Elephant beetle (Megasoma actaeo) climbing on a fallen tree trunk, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Elephant beetle (Megasoma actaeo) climbing on a fallen tree trunk, Amazon rainforest, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Nigel Cattlin / Edible cockchafers (Scarabaeidae), known as Mang-Gudchi, on market stall. Bangkok, Thailand.

Heather Angel / Rose chafer (Cetonia aurata) feeding on Caucasian peony (Paeonia mlokosewitschii) pollen. Surrey, England, UK. May.

Heather Angel / Blossom scarab beetle (Epicometis hirta) feeding on Ficaria flower (Ficaria fascicularis). In snow melt area, Turkey. May.

Heather Angel / Hopliine scarab beetle (Clania glenlyonensis) pair mating on Harlequin hesperantha (Hesperantha vaginata) flower. Glen Lyon Farm / Hantam National Botanical Garden, Northern Cape, South Africa. August...