dung beetle

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Dung beetles feed almost exclusively on manure and navigate using the stars of the Milky Way. Some dung beetles burrow or tunnel and some simply live in dung. The behavior is common to many families of beetles.

For the Navajo or Diné, beetles, along with ants, dragonflies, bats and frogs, came into being during the First World or Dark World.

Photo Credit

"A dung beetle with two balls of dung, Hyderabad, India" by Sripathiharsha is licensed under CC BY-SA.

Published Works
The Boy Who Made Dragonfly (1972)
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Natural Environment Reference
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A03 The Boy Who Made Dragonfly (06-08) p. 11

References

 
Milius, Susan
     2003    "Moonlighting beetles navigate by lunar polarity." Science News 164(1):4.