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Minotaur Beetle

Photo: @lukeparrothead · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC

Insects and other invertebrates

Minotaur Beetle

Typhaeus typhoeus

Observations in the area
1
Last sighting
30 March 2023
Category
Insects and other invertebrates
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The species

Typhaeus typhoeus is a species of earth-boring dung beetles native to Europe. The beetles feed on faeces of herbivorous animals, preferably rabbits and small ruminants such as sheep and deer. They inhabit sandy soils in light pine forests or sandy heaths . The animals have now become rare and are protected in Germany. The adult beetles are rarely found, the open, circular, approximately 1 cm large entrances of the housing and brood chambers, which are found

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