British Scarabs

Any scarab records very gratefully recieved for the National Scarab Beetle Recording Scheme. Please submit via @iRecordWildlife to help map and conserve them

Splendid Earth Boring Beetle from #Kansas #worldcoleopteraweekend

To celebrate #worldcoleopteraweekend here's the two most recent additions to the #BritishScarabs list. Both established introductions - Checkered chafer (Valgus hemipterus) & Striped Summer Chafer (Rhizotrogus aestivus)

Looks like the woodland dor beetle Anoplotrupes stercorosus.

@herdyshepherd1 Larger species do generally need more resources (dung). The tunnellers certainly like to have enough to bury for their offspring as they do not relocate the dung. Diversity is always best though. In this way you can support a wider range of species.

Nature need friends, I need some dung beetle info We graze cattle, sheep and a couple of ponies together in a FLERDY and we seem to get bigger dung beetles in the pony and cattle muck Is it as simple as the bigger the dump the bigger the beetle? We need muck diversity, right?

@GallowayGrouse @ForWaders @LockettRichard @DavyMcCracken @philip_skuce What a great thread, farming conservation in real time. Thank you for sharing it. Here you have T. fossor (biggest), A. ater (small, black) & A. pedellus or fimetarius (these two look very similar & difficult to do by photo).

@tanyptera @TheSeftonCoast @Team_DUMP @NMBiodiversity @bbcmerseyside @World_Museum Amazing discovery, has to be one of the hardest British scarabs to find. After our 2017 survey thought it should still be there but very elusive.

Endangered scarab beetle Rhysothorax rufa has been found in the UK after 14 years of no sightings. Spotted during a Tanyptera Project search for the species on the Sefton Coast. 3 dead adults so far. #beetle @TheSeftonCoast @Team_DUMP @NMBiodiversity @bbcmerseyside @World_Museum

This is how dung beetles emerge on a well stocked farm that uses very few wormers. Any parasites laid in this pat wouldn't stand a chance. This is Ireland yesterday.

@LizGenever @CarbonCallFarm Love the improvisation with feed scoop.

I have been out trying to find #dungbeetles ready for the @CarbonCallFarm #ReGenAgChat on Tuesday. I am not a professional documentary maker!!

@BRNature1 Onthophagus joannae. One of the smallest Onthophagus. Generally prefers light soils and can survive on rabbit droppings if no other dung available.

@BScarabs found this beetle and I think it is Onthophagus genus but not sure any further. All help appreciated!

@DrumImages @NTGates @Buzz_dont_tweet @NHM_Coleoptera @ColeopSoc Sure that should be considered lucky - a bit like a bird pooping on you!

@NTGates @Buzz_dont_tweet @BScarabs @NHM_Coleoptera @ColeopSoc One flew in through our toilet window and landed on my wife's head the other night! Not sure who was most shocked.

@CoediogCowboi @gow_derek Well spotted Joe - yes Sphaeridium. These predatory beetles are often one of the earliest to arrive at a cow pat.

@gow_derek I'm going to go out on a bit of a limb here as a newbie, but I suspect these ones are Sphaeridium sp ... Not "true dung beetles" because the larvae don't feed on dung apparently. @BScarabs?

Dung beetles everywhere. So good to see. This stream was barely out of the cow. Grass underneath still green. Tiny grasshoppers there for trace elements ? Dung flies of many types. Complete planet on its own.

@MikeHetheringt1 @DorsetWildlife @BlattaMann @Coleopterist Brilliant! Always great to add something to a site species list whether thats your back yard or a NNR

@NTGates @avonwt @WildlifeTrusts @30DaysWild @Buzz_dont_tweet Fab to see you get these and rose chafers on such a regular basis. Some people might be a little put off by their loud bumbling flight but completely harmless and we really like to watch them

@KJkathryn @iRecordWildlife @NBNAtlas This one is M. melolontha, the common maybug. Sounds like the ideal habitat for them. Brilliant rescue job.

It's May & Maybugs abound. Thanks to all those who have submitted their sightings to @iRecordWildlife we have a much better map of their distribution patterns. The cockchafer verified dataset on @iRecordWildlife is nearly as large as the @NBNAtlas. Great job recorders!

Labarrus lividus is out & about now, so why not find a manure heap & sieve, fun for all the family. #ScarabSkills

@CarbonCallFarm @Friesian_man Please join @CarbonCallFarm, @Friesian_man & ourselves for dung beetle chat, questions & identification help.

BEETLEMANIA!! Our next ReGen LIVE Chat is Tuesday 26th May at 7.30pm, we will be joined by Dung Beetle experts @BScarabs and Dairy Farmer @Friesian_man , if you're new to us please email Nicola.renison@ahdb.org.uk for the link twitter.com/BScarabs/statu…

Hello scarab followers. Just to let you know that we will be quiet for the next couple of days - Ceri heading to hospital for an op. Keep the records & questions coming though. We will answer as soon as possible.

@entobarbie @AshWhiffin Please let us know what you catch Barbie. Best use for a tea strainer ever!

@BScarabs @AshWhiffin Ohhhhh! Time to get out my tea strainer and try this!

Slop, Stir, Sink, Scoop Floatation for beginners #ScarabSkills

@AliciaWelti @TelmaLaurentino @AViertler Love to know how you get on, send us a photo!

Disgusting, but we should try it out when you visit me haha @TelmaLaurentino @AViertler