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

Piotr Naskrecki / Rhinoceros Dung Beetle (Coprophanaeus lancifer), Suriname

Piotr Naskrecki / Rhinoceros Dung Beetle (Coprophanaeus lancifer), Suriname

Staffan Widstrand / Elephant dung beetles (Dynastinae) St Lucia wetlands National Park, South Africa

MYN / Joris van Alphen / Rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros) Crocker Range, Borneo, Malaysia. meetyourneighbours.net project

Kerstin Hinze / Dung Beetles (Scarabaeus aeratus) rolling a ball of dung. Umfolozi-Hluhluwe National Park, South Africa, October.

Hiroya Minakuchi / Rhinoceros Beetle (Xylotrupes gideon), Malaysia

Nick Garbutt / Three horned Rhinoceros beetle (Chalcosoma moellenkampi) adult male, taken in situ, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo

Roland Seitre / Silver Jewel Scarab Beetle (Chrysina optima) on red petals. Poas Volcano National Park, Caribbean Coast, Vara Branca, Costa Rica.