Onthophagus coenobita (Herbst, 1783) is a animal in the Scarabaeidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Onthophagus coenobita (Herbst, 1783)
Onthophagus coenobita is a dung beetle species in genus Onthophagus that eats mostly dung, plus carrion and decaying fungi.
Onthophagus coenobita, first described by Herbst in 1783, is a species of dung beetle that belongs to the genus Onthophagus. Its diet most commonly consists of dung, though it also eats carrion and decaying fungi. Among dung sources, it feeds primarily on human dung, but it also consumes dung from dogs, cattle, horses, goats, sheep, and pigs.
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