Neil Aldridge / Dung beetle (Scarabaeidae) pushing ball of dung on Venetia Limpopo Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa.

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

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...

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

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

Chris Mattison / African jewel beetle / Fruit chafer (Chlorocala africana camerunica) Captive, occurs in Africa.