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What animal is dung beetles?
It is an insect, belonging to the dung beetle family of Coleoptera Scarabaeida in the arthropod phylum of the animal kingdom. There are many species in the world. The scientific name of dung beetle is dung beetle, which mainly feeds on animal feces and is called "natural scavenger".

Dung beetles find garbage and dirt, especially human and animal feces. He first cleaned a small piece of ground with his front foot, put the food under his stomach, and then rubbed it with his middle hind foot to make the food keep spinning and tumbling. Finally, he kneaded it into a round dung ball, generally as big as a walnut.

After the dung ball is made, the dung beetle hooks the dung ball with its hind feet, with its "hips" tilted high, head down, and its front feet propped on the ground, slowly pushing the dung ball backwards until it is put into the hole, and then blocking the exit with waste.

Sometimes dung beetles is pushing a dung ball, and suddenly another dung beetles comes, knocking the owner of the dung ball to the ground and trying to grab the dung ball. At this time, the two sides will fight. Winners usually sit on dung balls, while losers have to leave in frustration.

Sometimes a pair of male and female dung beetles push dung balls together, one in front and the other in the back. When the dung ball rolls to the predetermined place, the female digs a hole in the dung ball with her head and feet, lays her eggs in it, then pushes the dung ball into the hole and buries it with soil.

The dung beetle's life goes through four stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult. It belongs to a completely abnormal insect. Eggs hatch into larvae in dung balls, and larvae eat existing feces until they become pupae in the soil.

When pupae become insects, they come out of the ground. Adults usually feed in the evening and like to fly when it turns rainy and sunny in the evening. So dung beetles flies on rainy nights, and the next day is mostly sunny.