Photo Fiona Sunquist ©

These large, black, dung beetles are fairly common in the southeastern US. In Florida they are active and moving year-around. The male has a prominent bump on each wing case – females, like the beetle in the photo above, lack the two prominent bumps.

Humpback dung beetles roll dung and occasionally hairballs. They are also attracted to rotting fruit.

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