Rolf Nussbaumer / Dung Beetle (Scarabaeinae) adult rolling dung ball. Laredo, Webb County, South Texas, USA Not available for ringtone/wallpaper use.

John Abbott / Glorious scarab (Chrysina gloriosa) flying, Brewster County, Texas, USA. Controlled conditions. August

Juan Carlos Munoz / Rhinoceros beetle (Chalcosoma moellenkampi) climbing up tree trunk, Danum Valley Reserve, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Bence Mate / Close up of head and prothorax of male Elephant beetle (Megasoma Elephas) with horns, Santa Rita, Costa Rica

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

John Abbott / Rainbow scarab beetle (Phanaeus difformis) male, Texas, USA

John Abbott / Eastern Green june beetle (Cotinis nitida) in flight, Texas, USA, October

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

Solvin Zankl / Rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes nasicornis) on branch of tree, Germany

Jouan & Rius / Hercules Rhinoceros beetle (Dynastes hercules), tropical forest habitat, Costa Rica

Nick Garbutt / Male Three-horned Rhinoceros beetle {Chalcosoma mollenkampi} on buttress root, lowland rain forest, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Peter Blackwell / Scarab beetle on dung ball. Kenya, East Africa