Although there are nearly 500 species of native dung beetles in Australia, most are adapted to small, hard, dry, pelletised marsupial droppings and not to dealing with the large, moist deposits of cattle. In 1788, Governor Arthur Phillip arrived at Botany Bay with five cows, two bulls, 44...
doi:10.1016/j.baae.2017.09.008DoubeBernard M.Basic and Applied EcologyDoube, B. (2017) Ecosystem services provided by dung beetles in Australia. Basic and Applied Ecology (this issue).
When a fresh pile of dung hits the ground, it isn’t long before the dung beetles arrive. There are so many dung beetles, in fact, that to avoidcompetitionwith each other, different types of these insects arrive in shifts. The first on the scene are the fast-flying tunnelers, who burro...
Dung beetles mate in a fascinating way. When a male locates a female, he courts her using specific techniques, such as stroking his antennae and front legs quickly (source). Parental care in dung beetles varies among species. For example, some species don’t show any parental care, while ...
in the brood chambers that beetles fashion from the elephant dung. We will place these uses in perspective with the other similar uses of animal excreta presented in Additional file1: URs of animals excreta and discuss their therapeutic potential in the light of the mahouts’ own justifications ...
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Species richness of dung beetles (Scarabaeidae) in south-western AustraliaRidsdillSmith, T JHall, G P
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Introduced Dung Beetles in Australia 1967-2007: current status and future directions. Landcare Australia.Edwards, P. B. (2007). Introduced dung beetles in Australia 1967-2007: Current status and future directions. Chatswood: Dung Beetles for Landcare Farming Committee....
More generations are reared in the laboratory and in mass rearing facilities for beetles to be ultimately released in the field. Thus, in Australia for some species, there are populations recently imported in laboratories inside quarantine and outside as well as populations in mass rearing ...