Cleaning the Planet

– Dung
Native Dung Beetles
Australia has almost 500 different
species of native dung beetles.
Here is a selection of 50 of them.
Left to right
Row 1
1. Amphistomus calcaratus
2. Amphistomus
cunninghamensis
3. Aulacopris matthewsi
4. Aulacopris maximus
5. Boletoscapter cornutus
6. Canthonosoma mastersii
7. Cephalodesmius laticollis
8. Cephalodesmius quadridens
9. Coproecus hemisphaericus
10. Coptodactyla monstrosa
11. Demarziella interrupta
Row 2
1. Labroma umbratilis
2. Lepanus politus
3. Lepanus ustulatus
4. Mentophilus hollandiae
5. Onthophagus apterus
6. Onthophagus beelarong
7. Onthophagus binyana
8. Onthophagus bornemisszanus
9. Onthophagus capella
Row 3
1. Onthophagus capellinus
2. Onthophagus conspicuus
3. Onthophagus cuniculus
4. Onthophagus dicranocerus
5. Onthophagus dunningi
6. Onthophagus endota
7. Onthophagus erichsoni
8. Onthophagus ferox
9. Onthophagus furcaticeps
10. Onthophagus granulatus
11. Onthophagus haagi
Row 4
1. Onthophagus jalamari
2. Onthophagus kumbaingeri
3. Onthophagus laminatus
4. Onthophagus leai
5. Onthophagus macrocephalus
6. Onthophagus mniszecki
7. Onthophagus mongana
8. Onthophagus neostenocerus
9. Onthophagus pentacanthus
Row 5
1. Onthophagus rubicundulus
2. Onthophagus rufosignatus
3. Onthophagus tricavicollis
4. Onthophagus tweedensis
5. Onthophagus walteri
6. Onthophagus yaran
7. Onthophagus yourula
8. Temnoplectron bornemisszai
9. Temnoplectron cooki
10. Thyregis monteithi