Heath dumble dor
Trypocopris pyrenaeus
The heath dumble dor is a sturdy dung beetle. It is black, but in the light it shines green, blue and violet. Its smooth wing covers gleam like polished metal.
Lives in
Western and southern Europe, from Britain to Spain, Italy and Bulgaria
Length
1.2 to 2.6 cm (0.47 to 1 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a slow, gentle beetle.
What does it eat?
It eats animal droppings, and sometimes mushrooms too. It carries dung into its nest as food for its babies.
How big is it?
How long is it?
🍚as long as 4 grains of rice in a row🍽️could run across a dinner table in 5.5 seconds
How big is Heath dumble dor compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Heath dumble dor about 0.66 km/h (0.41 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It carries pieces of animal poo into its nest, and the mother lays her eggs on them. The babies have food ready as soon as they hatch.
2
Sometimes it eats mushrooms as well.
3
You can find it from spring to summer.
4
It can be anything from 12 to 26 millimetres long, so some are twice as big as others.
you asked
Most asked questions about Heath dumble dor
?What does the heath dumble dor eat?
Mostly animal droppings, and sometimes mushrooms.
?Is the heath dumble dor dangerous?
No. It is a gentle beetle that cannot hurt you.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Trypocopris pyrenaeus
- Named by
- Charpentier, 1825
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Geotrupidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Geotrupidae
- Lives on
- Europe
Where the facts come from
- Trypocopris pyrenaeus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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