Photo: Adrian Holloway
Your beetle appears to be hauling its ‘victim’ back to its lair, but on closer inspection, its prey is in fact a rabbit dropping…
This creature is not a monster, far from it, he is an incredibly helpful recycler of dung!
You may see one, or its close relative the Dor beetle, lumbering into sight on one of the sandy heathland paths. Both share a glossy black dome of a body and…