Tumblebug, Canthon viridis

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$Tumblebug, Canthon viridis (Family Scarabaeidae) Rolling a ball of dung.\nPhoto takn in Hill Forest in Durham Co., NC on May 03, 2005.$ $Tumblebug, Canthon viridis (Family Scarabaeidae) Rolling a ball of dung.\nTaken in Hill Forest in Durham Co., NC on May 04, 2005.$ $Tumblebug, Canthon viridis (Family Scarabaeidae) Rolling a ball of dung.\nTaken in Hill Forest in Durham Co., NC on May 04, 2005.$

This large beetle rolls dung into nickel sized balls. The it rolls the dung balls to a hole in the ground that it makes to deposit its larva into, then drops the dung balls into the hole to feed the larva as it grows.

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