Tony Phelps / Green-grooved Dung Beetle (Scarabaeus rugosus) male with dung ball. deHoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa

Kim Taylor / Green Dung Beetle (Garreta nitens) rolling a dung ball. Namibia, Africa.

Piotr Naskrecki / Green Dung Beetle (Garreta Nitens) rolling dung ball, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Piotr Naskrecki / Green Dung Beetle (Garreta Nitens) rolling dung ball, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Konrad Wothe / Iridescent green Dung Beetle (Scarabidae) in rainforest at Tambopata river, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru, South America.

John Abbott / Rainbow scarab beetles (Phanaeus difformis) male (on left) and female, Texas, USA

Tony Phelps / Green-grooved Dung Beetle (Scarabaeus rugosus) male and female with dung ball. deHoop NR, Western Cape, South Africa

Kim Taylor / Green Dung Beetle (Garreta nitens). Namibia Africa, captive.

Mark Moffett / Golden Scarab Beetle (Plusiotis resplendens) on fir needles, Pena Blanca Lake, Arizona

Mark Moffett / Glorious Scarab (Chrysina gloriosa) on Fir needles, Pena Blanca Lake, Arizona

Mark Moffett / Flower Beetle (Ischiopsopha sp) portrait, Panama

Mark Moffett / Golden Scarab Beetle (Plusiotis resplendens) in fir tree, Pena Blanca Lake, Arizona