EditorialA photo provided by Chris Collingridge shows a dung beetle in South Africa keeping their treasure rolling in a straight line at night by orienteering with the Milky Way. (Chris Collingridge via The New York Times)
EditorialA photo provided by Chris Collingridge shows a dung beetle in South Africa keeping their treasure rolling in a straight line at night by orienteering with the Milky Way. (Chris Collingridge via The New York Times)
Editorialscarab, Amonre, The seal is in the form of a schematically represented dung beetle. Head, pronotum and elytra are separated by grooves. Both sides show a very schematic approach to legs, the legs are not elaborated further. The god name Amon-Re can be ...
Editorialscarab, Amon, standing, Rhino, Anubis, The seal has the shape of a dung beetle that has been faithfully reproduced. On the back, the separation between the clypeus, the head, the eyes, the pronotum and the elytra is indicated by superficially indented ...
Editorialscarab, Ptah, standing, wasscepter, djedzuil, vogel, The seal has the shape of a very stylized dung beetle. Two notches on the sides divide the top of this seal in head and body, but no further detail is missing. Legs are shown on both sides. The front...
Editorialscarab, Amonre, The object has the form of a roughly executed and schematically represented dung beetle. Clypeus, head, pronotum and elytra are separated by notched lines. A groove running around the object is cut on both sides. The goddess name Amon-R...
EditorialDung beetle, Megasoma elephas. Illustration drawn and engraved by Frederick Nodder. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's "The Naturalist's Miscellany," London, 1798. Most of the 1,064 illustrations of animals, birds...