Earth-boring dung beetle

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Not to be confused with Dung beetle.

Earth-boring dung beetle
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Real-world info
Name: Phelotrupes auratus Family: Geotrupidae
Main appearances
DnM DnM+ AC DnMe+ iQue WW CF NL NH
Other appearances
Film HHD aF PC
Names in other languages  オオセンチコガネ  雪隐金龟  Geotrupidae  Escarabajo geotrúpido  Geotrupidae  Навозник-землерой  보라금풍뎅이  雪隱金龜  Géotrupe  Escarabajo geotrúpido  Gold-Mistkäfer  Echte mestkever

The earth-boring dung beetle is a bug in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It can be found on the ground from mid summer to early fall.

Catch details

In New Horizons

#51

"I caught an earth-boring dung beetle! It's not boring at all!"

Time of year	North: Jul – Sep South: Jan – Mar
Time of day	All day
Location	On the ground
Weather	Any weather
Spawn requirement	Appears from the start of the game
Selling prices	Nook's Cranny:  300 Bells  Flick:  450 Bells
Furniture size

Donating to the museum

In New Horizons

Blathers has this to say about the earth-boring dung beetle:

"Earth-boring dung beetles are considered quite handsome by some, thanks to their metallic luster. In fact, some even think them to be good omens and bringers of favorable fortune. But I must protest! These field- ravaging pests love to burrow under piles of dung and lay their eggs. They raise their young under DUNG! Need I say more? Ick. I think not."

When donated, it is found near the entrance of the exhibit, crawling around on the ground between the two trees holding the wasp and bagworm.

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Real-world information

The earth-boring dung beetles (Geotrupidae) are medium-sized beetles with 600 known species worldwide. The majority of the species feeds on dung or decaying plant matter. A few species are herbivorous. Many of the species exhibit brood care behavior by digging tunnels, which are used to store dung balls as food for their developing larvae. When earth-boring dung beetles do carry or roll the dung away, they do so primarily to feed their young. Most prefer to feed on herbivore droppings, which are largely undigested plant matter, rather than carnivore waste, which holds very little nutritional value for insects.

Names in other languages

	オオセンチコガネ ō-senchi-kogane	Large geotrupid (lit. "large snow-hiding scarab")
	보라금풍뎅이 borageumpungdeng-i	Purple geotrupid
	雪隐金龟 xuěyǐn jīn'guī	"Snow-hiding scarab", from Japanese name
	Навозник-землерой Navoznik-zemleroy	Geotrupid
	Echte mestkever	Geotrupid (lit. "true dung beetle")
	Gold-Mistkäfer	Gold dung beetle
	Escarabajo geotrúpido	Geotrupid beetle
	Geotrupidae
	Géotrupe	From family name
	Geotrupidae