Costa Rican Dung Beetle with Phoretic Mites
digging beetle with parasites? Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 8:06 PM The beetle pictured is quite large and heavy. It is common during certain months in Coto Brus which is about 1100 meters altitude on the Pacific slopes of Talamanca Mts. in southern Costa Rica. This one was on its back and was apparently infested … Read more