Black Dung Beetle vs Clouded Yellow

Side-by-side species comparison

Black Dung Beetle

A robust black dung beetle found across Europe and parts of Asia. Males bear a single curved horn on the head and exhibit biparental brood care.

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Both parents cooperate to provision and guard the brood chamber, which is unusual among beetles.

A fast-flying bright orange-yellow butterfly with black wing borders. A pale female form called helice has greenish-white wings instead of orange.

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It migrates north from the Mediterranean each year but the return generation flies south at such high altitude it is rarely observed.