Dung Beetles

Andrew Hipp

The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, Dec 15, 2002 - Nature - 24 pages

Dung beetles are some of nature s most helpful scavengers. In the wild and in the barnyard, dung beetles burrow into and digest animal waste, reducing cow patties to nothing in minutes. Up-close photographs take the reader to the heart of the action. The in-depth text provides a step-by-step journey through the dung beetle s life cycle.

Contents

• Beetles: 5
• Dung Beetles and Other Scarabs: 6
• Dung Is Good Food: 9
• Dealing with Dung: 10
• Dung Beetle Diggings: 13
• Fighting over Dung: 14
• Mating and Egg Laying: 17
• Time for Change: 18
• Wintertime for Beetles: 21
• Mover of the Sun: 22
• Glossary: 23
• Index: 24

Bibliographic information

• Title: Dung Beetles; The Really Wild Life of Animals; Tony Stead nonfiction independent reading collection
• Author: Andrew Hipp
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, 2002
• ISBN: 0823962385, 9780823962389
• Length: 24 pages
• Subjects: Nature / Animals / General