Geotrupes stercorarius

Common dung beetles ( Geotrupes stercorarius )

The common dung beetle or beetle Ross ( Geotrupes stercorarius ) is a beetle of the family of dung beetles ( Geotrupidae ). Geotrupes means " auger " (from gr gē 'earth' and trupes, a Latinized form of (Greek ) trypetēs " Bohr ( end) he "); stercorarius "one of the cleaning out ".

Features

The beetles are 16 to 25 millimeters long. They are colored black to black blue and the bottom is blue, blue violet or blue-green. The base of the pronotum is completely smooth margins, on the sides it has ever a point-like dent on. The elytra have seven longitudinal rows with weakly recognizable points. They are also slightly hairy.

Occurrence

The animals arrive in Europe and Asia, north to Lapland before. In Canada they were introduced. They are found from the plains up to 2,000 meters above sea level, especially in forests. They were, until recently, very often, the stock figures, however, are rapidly declining.

Way of life

The adults fly at night with a clear humming just above the ground. You are able to create chirping noises with their hind hips. In spring the males and females dig after mating one about 40 inches long corridor with several side passages which terminate in chambers. In this one Kotpille is introduced and placed in these in a cavity at the rear of one egg. Then the side gear is filled with feces and finally closed with clay. After about a year the larvae are fully grown and pupate.