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Springtime Dung Beetle
Plate 1 of 4. (c) Dr. Guido Bohne, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Dr. Guido Bohne · via iNaturalist

Springtime Dung Beetle

Trypocopris vernalis

Trypocopris vernalis, known sometimes by the common name dor beetle or spring dor beetle, is a type of dung beetle. The larva of Trypocopris vernalis feeds on dung of animals such as sheep (Ovis aries) and red foxes (Vulpes vulpes).

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 472829.