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. …