The Dung Beetle is an endangered species. It is flightless and occurs only in the Addo Elephant Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa. An adult beetle is about 4 to 5cm long.
Back home after a few days in the bush. Have loads of pictures to trundle through. I will hopefully catch up with everyone over the next few days.
I'm from Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa. Tulbagh is a small farming community.
Get Pushed Challenge: I have been doing this challenge on and off...
@dibzgreasley yes Debs, we went to Addo for a few days. Had an awesome time but must now troll through all my photos! I have not even unpacked my laptop yet.....
From the time we were youngsters, we learned about the habits of the dung beetle, so I'm saddened to know he's on the endangered species list! Thanks for sharing this photo, and I look forward to all you got to see and photograph while you were away! Like you, I'm still making my way through my Hawaii photos, and we're up the California coast in a beautiful beach community where I've continued to amass too-many pictures! Someone needs to establish a 365 retreat where we can gather with like-minted community members and spend all our time figuring out how to post process and present all our acquired photographs!
@Weezilou Louise, I told my husband earlier that I really need to learn to be more aggressive and use the delete button! I think I must also try not to add many more pictures before I have gone through those from the last 5 days! I love your idea about a 365 retreat but I'd probably spend more time there than at home and work together!
@susale lol, I considered trying to get him to climb into my hand so I could show his size. He was on such a mission that he would have gone straight over before I had the chance to click!
Super capture of a great, and necessary, beetle. I do hope they don't become extinct. What do they think is causing it. I'm with @Weezilou I'd join a retreat any time!
Awesome shot - a new piece of insect info for me - I did not know they were endangered - but then they are not cute and cuddly and they are the only ones we hear about
@dibzgreasley we actually saw a lot less elephant than we normally see. Not sure if it's because there's so much water around but we also don't usually visit this early in the year! I have to brave the pictures (and the delete button) this afternoon.
i would always leave a dung beetle alone not because i'd be icky holding it, but just for the simple reason: dung! but why they would be on the verge of extinction is beyond me, it's not like there's a shortage of dung in the world. :-) great macro shot, sally.
April 4th, 2015
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