Elephant Dung Beetle gift usually under stones or fallen

usually under stones or fallen trees

It is found in New Guinea and surrounding islands

Burkina Faso

The background photo was taken by MyMy Butterfly at a cemetery in New Orleans

American swallowtail or parsnip swallowtail

Elephant Dung Beetle gift usually under stones or fallenHeliocopris dominus (large dung beetles) is a genus of Scarabaeidae or scarab beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. Forty seven of the fifty two known species are found in Africa, but some are found in southern and southeast Asia. Dung beetles are beetles that feed partly or exclusively on feces. Many dung beetles, known as rollers, roll dung into round balls, which are used as a food source or brooding chambers. Other dung beetles, known as