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The Oxford University Museum of Natural History Dung beetle UK Mapping Project has now come to an end & there will be no further activity under the DUMP banner.

[DUMP @Team_DUMP]

Thank you for all your support. The project data is available via iRecord https://t.co/hrEMdbPN5x
You may also be interested in:
The OUMNH new insect project https://t.co/2bgtEH2fbw
The Berrycroft Hub https://t.co/EZu3bL6oUc
The Scarab Recording Scheme https://t.co/nHaxLaBjNh

[DUMP @Team_DUMP]

Our website is momentarily off line - sorry folks!! @BlattaMann @Ceri_Watkins do you know what’s happened????

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There seems to be some confusion about the recently formed @BScarabs & @Team_DUMP. @BScarabs is a recording scheme for all scarabs & totally separate to @Team_DUMP which is dedicated to the outreach/conservation of our UK dung beetles. In the meantime here’s a poo with a view :)

[CumbriaWildlifeTrust @cumbriawildlife]

Did you know we have 60 species of dung beetle in the UK and they save the UK cattle industry £367 million per year?? Intrigued? Check out https://t.co/28DXpb8fhy and learn how to help these amazing creatures @TEAM_DUMP #actionforinsects #wilderfuture @Buzz_dont_tweet

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This 👇🏻

[lichenthropy @TheWereWulff]

TODAY IS DUNG BEETLE APPRECIATION DAY THEY DO SO MUCH FOR US AND THEY DESERVE THE WORLD

[Sally-Ann Spence FRES FLS @SallyAnn_Spence]

Loving be able to give dung beetles the limelight & raising an interest in these awesome insects! 👍🏻

[DUMP @Team_DUMP]

Loving this #entoart by @hill_marian - what’s not to love when it’s a gorgeous native British dung beetle 😍

[Marian Hill @hill_marian]

#BeetleIllustrationOfTheDay :Onthophagus fracticornis . Until I embarked on this project a year ago, I had no idea that we had dung beetles in the UK (pardon my ignorance) . They are both wonderful & amazing! ⁦@Team_DUMP⁩ ⁩ #Dungbeetle #onthophagus #Entomology

[Rare Invertebrates in the Cairngorms @RareInverts6]

Here's our own #woodland dor #beetle, found this week on #dailyexercise. Check out this great ID guide to dung beetles, produced by @Team_DUMP https://t.co/i7rVJmVGet #EntoatHome @RSPBScotland @BuglifeScotland @cairngormsnews @nature_scot @savebutterflies

[DUMP @Team_DUMP]

Awesome thank you Matt - keep those records coming in 👍🏻

[Matthew Esh @SilphidEsh]

Nice 8m walk across Ampthill & Maulden today resulting in Ablattaria laevigata & Thanatophilus rugosus for @SilphidaeUk a first for me with 2 16 spot Ladybird’s @UKLadybirds some dung beetles for @Team_DUMP and a green tiger beetle to finish off a beetle day in lockdown!

[Charlie Barnes @LincsBeetles]

A few Aphodius flying at the moment @Team_DUMP

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A big 👍🏻 from us!

[Matt Chatfield @cornishgrill]

I do everything I can to not work my sheep. The result. Dung beetle mania. Nutrients leaking out. Encourages plantain. Plantain is a natural wormer. I get the feeling nature is better at this than us!

[Matt Chatfield @cornishgrill]

I do everything I can to not work my sheep. The result. Dung beetle mania. Nutrients leaking out. Encourages plantain. Plantain is a natural wormer. I get the feeling nature is better at this than us!

[DUMP @Team_DUMP]

Sadly we have no rollers in the UK - just those that live quite literally in it or under it - which is why not many people are even aware of our awesome native dung beetles!

[Singita @Singita_]

Dung beetles roll dung for 3 reasons:
1. They roll it up as ‘food balls’ to eat.
2. They use it as ‘nuptial balls’ for females, rolling it into holes where pairs mate and feast on it.
3. It’s used as ‘brooding balls’ formed into ‘cribs’ for dung beetle larvae.
📷: Ross Couper

[DUMP @Team_DUMP]

Ooo a dung beetle AND a stag beetle - obviously we love this!

[Dr Lizzy Lowe @LizyLowe]

I started cutting out these pictures when I was pregnant with my 1st kid... who's now 4!
So pleased to finally finish this little project (and I've got LOTS more cut outs to start the next one!)

[DUMP @Team_DUMP]

Beautiful 😍

[Marian Hill @hill_marian]

#BeetleIllustrationOfTheDay :Onthophagus fracticornis . Until I embarked on this project a year ago, I had no idea that we had dung beetles in the UK (pardon my ignorance) . They are both wonderful & amazing! ⁦@Team_DUMP⁩ ⁩ #Dungbeetle #onthophagus #Entomology

[DUMP @Team_DUMP]

Brilliant new paper by @hatbirder @JordanRainey3 Chris Kelly & @szshollo 👍🏻

[Jordan Rainey @JordanRainey3]

Happy to see this out there, new paper on urbanisation and coprophilous beetles with @hatbirder Chris Kelly and @szshollo
https://t.co/2FqeS5Ielv

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Can be found virtually all year round 👍🏻

[Charles Cuthbert @CRCuthbert]

A Minotaur beetle from Sizewell, Suffolk today showing its three bull-like horns. This is a large dung beetle found on sandy grassland and heathland, and take mostly rabbit dung back to their nests for their larvae to feed on.

[Paxson 🌿🐦🏳️‍🌈 @PaxsonScience]

Today's submission for the 2020 #InverteFest : the aptly named Rainbow Scarab, Phanaeus vindex. This beauty was found while digging in my garden... what a stellar dung beetle! #backyardbugs

[DUMP @Team_DUMP]

The most widespread of our U.K. Onthophagus species & one seriously gorgeous dung beetle!

[Ryan Mitchell @RyanM_Sussex]

An interesting Dung beetle Onthophagus similis seen yesterday first time I have encountered this genus.

[Ryan Mitchell @RyanM_Sussex]

An interesting Dung beetle Onthophagus similis seen yesterday first time I have encountered this genus.