Heather Angel / Scarab beetles sleeping overnight in Persian marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza umbrosa). Turkey. June.

Ch'ien Lee / Dung Beetle (Catharsius dayacus) male, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Piotr Naskrecki / Scarab Beetle (Chrysina batesi), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Dung Beetle (Kheper aegyptiorum) pair rolling dung ball, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Small Goliath Beetle (Cheirolasia burkei), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Regal Fruit Chafer (Taurhina splendens), Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Rhinoceros Beetle (Phileurus truncatus), Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center, Alabama

Jiri Lochman / Green spring beetles (Diphucephala sp) about to mate on Hakea flower, Lesueur National Park, Western Australia.

Chien Lee / Jewel Scarab (Chrysina argenteola) in rainforest, Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Paul Bertner / Dung Beetle (Scarabaeidae) rolling dung ball, Katavi National Park, Tanzania

John Abbott / Green june beetle (Cotinis nitida) in flight Williamson County, Texas, USA Controlled conditions. October

Laurent Geslin / Fruit beetle (Pachnoda) on leaf, with African elephant (Loxonta africana) in distance, Masai Mara, Kenya.