Scarabaeidae   Scarabaeus sacer🪲

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SpeciesColeopteraScarabaeidae
Arthropods

🪲Scarabaeus sacer

Scarabaeus sacer Linnaeus, 1758

Scarabaeus sacer, common name sacred scarab, is the type species of the genus Scarabaeus and the family Scarabaeidae. This dung beetle is native to southern Europe, North Africa, West Asia, and was venerated in ancient Egypt.

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Heiliger Pillendreher (de), свещен скарабей (bg), Bousier sacré (fr), गोबरैला (hi), Scarabaeus sacer (it), heilige pillenkever (nl) … and 19 more languages
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