Wednesday 29 April 2020

A beetle in the bath!

I was surprised to see a small beetle in the bath this afternoon. I took it out and had a good look at it and it looks to be one of the Dung Beetles in the family Aphodius, probably Aphodius prodromus. What it was doing in my bath I have no idea as these beetles absolutely love the dung of herbivores, and Montpelier is very short of cows and sheep. It may have been attracted to my moth trap a few nights ago and been hiding in the flat since then in which case it could have originated outside Bristol. Who knows?!

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