James Dunbar / Rose chafer (Cetonia aurata) nectaring on a thistle flower, England, UK, September.

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

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

Simon Colmer / Dung beetle (Scarabaeidae) rolling dung, Malawi. November.

Alex Hyde / Sun Beetle (Pachnoda marginata peregrina) photographed on a white background. Captive, originating from west and central Africa

Alex Hyde / Beetle (Mecynorrhina ugandensis) - blue form. Photographed on a white background. Captive, originating from Uganda.

Alex Hyde / Beetle (Dynastes hyllus) male photographed on a white background. Captive orginating form central America.

MYN / Seth Patterson / Dung beetle (Dichotomius colonicus) in flight, Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

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

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