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

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

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) adult male in spring plumage feeding on dung flies at farm midden heap, Hertfordshire, UK, April

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima) adult male in spring plumage feeding on dung flies at farm midden heap, Hertfordshire, UK, April. Did you know? Yellow wagtails commonly used to nest in wat...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) adult male in spring plumage feeding on dung flies at farm midden heap, Hertfordshire, UK, April

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Adult male Pied wagtail (Motacilla alba yarrellii), in spring plumage, feeding on dung flies (Scathophagidae), Hertfordshire, England, UK, May. Did you know? Some of the colloquial names of Pied wagta...

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

Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Field of Meadow saffron crocus (Colchicum autumnale) one growing in cow dung, Mohacs, Béda-Karapancsa, Duna Drava NP, Hungary, September 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Wothe / Dor beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius) walking over fallen leaves in a Beech forest, Morske Oko Reserve, Vihorlat Mountains, East Slovakia, Europe, June 2008

Andy Sands / Common house fly (Musca domestica) on cow dung, captive

Kim Taylor / Dor beetle {Geotrupes vernalis} with phoretic mites, UK.

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

Andrew Parkinson / Flightless dung beetle {Circellium bacchus) female rolling buffalo dung to lay egg in S Africa

Andrew Parkinson / Flightless dung beetle {Circellium bacchus} female rolling buffalo dung ball to lay egg in , Addo Elephant park, South Africa

Jabruson / Sitatunga scratching {Tragelaphus spekei} while searching for seeds in dung left by elephants drinking , Maya Maya Nord Bai forest clearing, Odzala NP, Congo, West Africa

Jabruson / Sitatunga {Tragelaphus spekei} searching for seeds in dung left by elephants drinking , Maya Maya Nord Bai forest clearing, Odzala NP, Congo, West Africa

Jabruson / Sitatunga {Tragelaphus spekei} searching for seeds in dung left by elephants drinking , Maya Maya Nord Bai forest clearing, Odzala NP, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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

Rolf Nussbaumer / Dung beetle rolling dung ball {Canthon sp} Texas, USA.

Duncan Mcewan / Dungflies (Scatophaga stercoraria) mating on cow dung. UK

Mark Moffett / Golden Scarab Beetle (Plusiotis resplendens) portrait, Monteverde Reserve, Costa Rica

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

Jabruson / Sitatunga doe and calf {Tragelaphus spekei} searching for seeds in dung left by elephants drinking , Maya Maya Nord Bai forest clearing, Odzala NP, Congo, West Africa

John Downer Productions / 'Plopcam' - remotely controlled video camera disguised as dung, used to film elephant herd for BBC television film 'Elephants - Spy in the Herd' 2003

Piotr Naskrecki / Rhinoceros Dung Beetle (Coprophanaeus lancifer), Suriname

Piotr Naskrecki / Rhinoceros Dung Beetle (Coprophanaeus lancifer), Suriname

Nick Upton / Yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) killed by pathogenic fungus of flies (Entomophthora muscae) clinging to a thistle leaf with wings spread, Wiltshire pastureland, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Male Yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) on the look out for fly prey from a grass blade, Wiltshire meadow, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Male Yellow dung flies (Scathophaga stercoraria) waiting on sheep dung for females to arrive, with Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) and a lake in the background, Wiltshire, UK, March.

Staffan Widstrand / Elephant dung beetles (Dynastinae) St Lucia wetlands National Park, South Africa

Jabruson / 'Liamba' seedlings (Desplatsia dewevrei) sprouting from African Forest Elephant dung (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) Bai Hokou, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Republic.

Ernie Janes / Dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) on dung, Norfolk, UK July

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Yak dung cakes out to dry in sun, they are used as fuel for the fire. Sagarmatha National Park (World Heritage UNESCO). Khumbu / Everest Region, Nepal, Himalaya, October 2011.

Colin Varndell / Female Common yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) resting on a Yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus) flower, Dorset, England, UK, June

Colin Varndell / Female Common yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) resting on a Giant hogweed (Hercaleum mantegazziaum) flower, Dorset, England, UK, June

Philippe Clement / Horse / Equine roundworms (Parascaris equorum) in horse dung, France

Philippe Clement / Horse / Equine roundworms (Parascaris equorum) in horse dung, France

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

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

Kerstin Hinze / Dung Beetles (Scarabaeus aeratus) rolling a ball of dung. Umfolozi-Hluhluwe National Park, South Africa, October.

Andy Sands / Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) On sheep dung, Wales, UK, June

Andy Sands / Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) Mating pair on sheep dung, Wales, UK, June

Alex Hyde / Dung Cup (Peziza vesiculosa) fungal fruiting bodies growing on horse manure. Derbyshire, UK, April.

Charlie Summers / Bronze-winged Courser (Rhinoptilus chalcopterus) standing on elephant dung. Lake Manyara, Tanzania.

Hiroya Minakuchi / Rhinoceros Beetle (Xylotrupes gideon), Malaysia

Alex Mustard / Donkey dung sea cucumber (Holothuria mexicana) lifting its head up from the sand to spawn in late afternoon, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies, Caribbean Sea.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Pied wagtail (Motacilla alba yarrellii) adult male in spring plumage feeding on dung flies at farm midden heap, Hertfordshire, UK, April

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) male in spring plumage perched in hawthorn hedgerow, Norfolk, UK, April

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima) adult male in spring plumage feeding on dung flies at farm midden heap, Hertfordshire, UK, April

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima) adult male in spring plumage feeding on dung flies at farm midden heap, Hertfordshire, UK, April

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) adult female feeding on dung flies at farm midden heap, Hertfordshire, UK, April

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima) adult male in spring plumage feeding on dung flies at farm midden heap, Hertfordshire, UK, April

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Pied wagtail (Motacilla alba yarrellii) adult male in spring plumage feeding on dung flies at farm midden heap, Hertfordshire, UK, April

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) adult male in spring plumage feeding on dung flies at farm midden heap, Yellow wagtail in the background, Hertfordshire, UK, April

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Pied wagtail (Motacilla alba yarrellii) adult male in spring plumage feeding on dung flies at farm midden heap, Hertfordshire, UK, April

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima) adult male in spring plumage feeding on dung flies at farm midden heap, Hertfordshire, UK, April

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Pied wagtail (Motacilla alba yarrellii) adult male in spring plumage feeding on dung flies at farm midden heap, Hertfordshire, UK, April

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Pied wagtail (Motacilla alba yarrellii) adult male in spring plumage feeding on dung flies at farm midden heap, Hertfordshire, UK, April

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima) adult male in spring plumage feeding on dung flies at farm midden heap, Hertfordshire, UK, April

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Pied wagtail (Motacilla alba yarrellii) adult male in spring plumage feeding on dung flies at farm midden heap, Hertfordshire, UK, April

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Pied wagtail (Motacilla alba yarrellii) adult male in spring plumage feeding on dung flies at farm midden heap, Hertfordshire, UK, April

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima) adult male in spring plumage feeding on dung flies at farm midden heap, Hertfordshire, UK, April

Pete Oxford / Dung Beetle (Scarabaeidae) in defensive posture, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Tony Heald / African lion (Panthera leo) two cubs playing with very large elephant dung, Etosha National Park, Namibia October

Tony Heald / African lion (Panthera leo) cub with very large elephant dung, Etosha National Park, Namibia October

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Adult male Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima), in spring plumage, feeding on Dung flies (Scathophagidae), Hertfordshire, England, UK, May

MYN / Niall Benvie / Dor beetle / Earth-boring dung beetle (Geotrupidae sp.), Scotland, UK, May meetyourneighbours.net project

Piotr Naskrecki / Rhinoceros Dung Beetle (Coprophanaeus lancifer), Sipaliwini, Surinam

Nick Upton / Male Chalkhill blue butterfly (Polyommatus coridon), a Near Threatened species in the UK, extracting salts from animal dung, chalk grassland meadow, Wiltshire, UK, July

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

John Abbott / Rainbow Scarab beetle (Phanaeus difformis) female in flight, Texas, USA, October

Nick Upton / Pair of Dung beetles (Gymnopleurus sp) co-operating to roll a ball of dung up a slope, Lesbos (Lesvos), Greece, May.

Piotr Naskrecki / Dung Beetle (Scarabaeidae), Barbilla National Park, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Scarab Beetle (Chrysina sp) with aposematic coloration, Tapanti National Park, Cartago, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Dung Beetle (Scarabaeidae) with phoretic mites, Barbilla National Park, Costa Rica.

Piotr Naskrecki / Dung Beetle (Scarabaeidae), Barbilla National Park, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Rhinoceros Beetle (Dynastinae) male, Tapanti National Park, Cartago, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Scarab Beetle (Chrysina sp), Tapanti National Park, Cartago, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Rhinoceros Beetle (Dynastinae), La Selva Biological Research Station, Heredia, Costa Rica

Ernie Janes / Common Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) pair mating on dung, UK, April

Pete Oxford / Donkey Dung sea cucumber (Holothuria mexicana)Coral Reef Island, Belize Barrier Reef, Belize

Laurent Geslin / Mass of Yellow Dung Flies (Scathophaga stercoraria) feeding on cow dung with cows in the background, Switzerland, April

Nick Upton / Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) killed by pathogenic fungus of flies (Entomophthora muscae) clinging to vegetation with fungal fruiting bodies emerging from from its carapace. Wiltshire, UK,...

Ernie Janes / Green bottle flies (Eudasyphora cyanella) feeding on cow dung, Norfolk, UK, August

Ernie Janes / Green bottle flies (Eudasyphora cyanella) feeding on cow dung, Norfolk, UK, August

Nature Production / Cross section of dung ball showing male Scarab beetle (Copris acutidens) growing inside, ready to emerge.

Nature Production / Dung ball with male Scarab beetle (Copris acutidens) emerging.

Nature Production / Dung-ball beetle / Scarab Beetle (Scarabeus semipunctatus) larva in a dung ball, Kenya

Nature Production / Cross section of dung ball showing male Scarab beetle (Copris acutidens) growing inside, ready to emerge.

Nature Production / Scarab beetle (Copris acutidens) female protecting dung balls in the nest, larvae are in the dung balls

Nature Production / Cross section of Scarab beetle (Copris acutidens) larva in a dung ball, Japan