Dung Beetle.
Title: Dung Beetle.
Category: /Science & Technology/Biology
Details: Words: 1276 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Dung Beetle.
Category: /Science & Technology/Biology
Details: Words: 1276 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Dung Beetle Onthophagus taurus Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Scarabaeidae Genus: Onthophagus Species: Taurus General Characteristics According to Northern Flagship Institute (http://www.nfi.co.za/coleoptera/ beetles/dung beetles.htm), dung beetles are invertebrate insects (order: coleoptera, family: scarabaeidae). They vary in size from two to thirty millimeters in body length. They are composed of three body segments - the head, the prothorax, and the abdomen. They have a hard
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