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🪲 Dor beetle 🇸🇪
📝 This Dor beetle is carefully trying to carry off a piece of fungus. I watched him do this for about 15 minutes. During that time, he moved the fungus by around 5 cm.
ℹ️ The forest dung beetle (Anoplotrupes stercorosus) grows to a length of up to 19 mm and can be found throughout Europe. It is most commonly found in beech forests.


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🪲 Waldmistkäfer 🇸🇪
📝 Dieser Waldmistkäfer versucht akribisch einen Pilz mitzunehmen. Ich konnte ihn dabei ca. 15 Minuten beobachten. Er hat den Pilz in der Zeit ca. 5cm fortbewegt.
ℹ️ Der Waldmistkäfer (Anoplotrupes stercorosus) wird bis zu 19mm lang und kommt in ganz Europa vor. Am häufigsten findet man ihn in Buchenwälder.

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Cam: #lumixgx8
lens: #gvario14140mm bei 140 mm (280 mm ff)

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f/6.3
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ISO 1.250

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A #dungBeetle with extra sprinkles for #InsektenSamstag


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Dung beetles navigate the Milky Way

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Close encounter with a forest master beetle

Meet Trypocopris vernalis, also known as the spring dor beetle — one of the true “masters” of the forest floor. Yesterday, while exploring a beautiful larch and pine forest near Rijen and Oosterhout (the Surea area) with my wife, I spotted this little armored worker quietly making its way through the moss. The day was grey and moody, but a brief ray of sunlight broke through — just enough to bring out that deep black sheen that makes these beetles so mesmerizing up close.

This shot was taken with my Canon 7D Mark II and the Canon MP-E 65mm super macro lens at 5× magnification — a lens that truly lets you dive into another world. At this distance, even a beetle’s face feels monumental. You can see the fine texture of its exoskeleton, this time no grains of forest soil clinging to it, and even the subtle reflection of the forest canopy above.

Scientifically speaking, Trypocopris vernalis plays a vital role in the ecosystem. It’s a dung beetle — recycling nutrients, aerating soil, and quite literally keeping the forest clean. A quiet little hero beneath our feet.

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