Dung beetle

We came across an area with quite of few of these dung beetles.
On checking them out I was sad to discover that they are on the decline due to pesticides and antibiotics used by farmers for their cattle as the beetles live off cow dung.
I hope these little fellas make it.

[Casablanca]

Cheering the lovely fella on with you

[Babs]

He is lovely, never seen a dung beetle this close before.

[Kate]

Great black color

[Peter Dulis]

lovely capture

[bruni]

Nature will take care of it (I hope).

[Diana]

What a lovely find and shot, the colour looks amazing.

[Fisher Family]

An impressive shot of this little chap. It's quite frightening to think of the damage that mankind has done to nature.

Ian

[Margaret Brown]

A super capture and well spotted find

[Lesley]

Gorgeous shot. I particularly like how you’ve captured the blue of his legs.

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[GaryW]

Great shine!

[Shutterbug]

Really quite beautiful for a bug. Lovely shot with the light on it.

[Milanie]

He really stands out being so shiny

[Dione Giorgio]

Cute close-up. Sorry for the story. We used to see many ladybirds but I haven't seen one for a long time.

[Nina Ganci]

wow! have not seen one for a while, hope they do survive, it is part of nature

[Michelle]

Great find, lovely capture