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UK: Dung beetles.
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<blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 202320" data-attributes="member: 29323"><p>While at the Bedford show, I brought a few dung beetles off TSS. And on arrival home did some home work into care needs.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I had no idea that the UK had 60 species of Dung Beetle. Ours are burrowers & dwellers (that is they dwell in the dung. And they do not roll balls of dung around. But they are an important part of the livestock farmers eco system. And the UK species are reasonably diverse too. Volinus sticticus prefers horse or sheep dung in the shade and Onthophagus joannae is a sun loving beetle that favours sheep dung on light soils.</p><p></p><p>I found the following information sheet, if anyone is interested.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://dungbeetlemap.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/dump-uk-dungbeetle-general.pdf[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="m0lsx, post: 202320, member: 29323"] While at the Bedford show, I brought a few dung beetles off TSS. And on arrival home did some home work into care needs. I had no idea that the UK had 60 species of Dung Beetle. Ours are burrowers & dwellers (that is they dwell in the dung. And they do not roll balls of dung around. But they are an important part of the livestock farmers eco system. And the UK species are reasonably diverse too. Volinus sticticus prefers horse or sheep dung in the shade and Onthophagus joannae is a sun loving beetle that favours sheep dung on light soils. I found the following information sheet, if anyone is interested. [URL unfurl="true"]https://dungbeetlemap.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/dump-uk-dungbeetle-general.pdf[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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