Edwin Giesbers / RF - Cockchafer beetle (Melolontha melolontha). France. May. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

John Abbott / Glorious scarab (Chrysina gloriosa) flying, Brewster County, Texas, USA. Controlled conditions. August

Neil Aldridge / Dung beetle (Scarabaeidae) pushing ball of dung on Venetia Limpopo Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa.

Simon Colmer / Dung beetle (Scarabaeidae) rolling dung, Malawi. November.

Alex Hyde / Sun Beetle (Pachnoda marginata peregrina) photographed on a white background. Captive, originating from west and central Africa

Alex Hyde / Beetle (Mecynorrhina ugandensis) - blue form. Photographed on a white background. Captive, originating from Uganda.

Alex Hyde / Beetle (Dynastes hyllus) male photographed on a white background. Captive orginating form central America.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Rhinoceros beetle (Chalcosoma moellenkampi) climbing up tree trunk, Danum Valley Reserve, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Roland Seitre / Silver Jewel Scarab Beetle (Chrysina optima) on red petals. Poas Volcano National Park, Caribbean Coast, Vara Branca, Costa Rica.

MYN / Seth Patterson / Dung beetle (Dichotomius colonicus) in flight, Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

John Abbott / Rainbow scarab beetle (Phanaeus difformis) male, Texas, USA

John Abbott / Eastern Green june beetle (Cotinis nitida) in flight, Texas, USA, October

Peter Blackwell / Scarab beetle on dung ball. Kenya, East Africa

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Scarab Beetle on a Guzmania flower, Damaraland, Namibia

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Dung Beetle (Scarabaeidae) rolling dung ball, Kenya

Mitsuhiko Imamori / Dung Beetle (Scarabaeidae) rolling dung ball, Kenya

Mark Moffett / African Scarab Beetle (Circellium bacchus) rolling dung ball, Addo National Park, South Africa

Mark Moffett / African Scarab Beetle (Circellium bacchus) rolls animal dung into balls which are buried and fed upon by its larvae, South Africa

Mark Moffett / Golden Scarab Beetle (Plusiotis resplendens) portrait, Monteverde Reserve, Costa Rica

Oliver Wright / Hornet robberfly (Asilus crabroniformis) on horse manure with beetle (Scarabaeidae) prey. Oxford, UK

Nick Upton / Bee beetle (Trichius fasciatus) a bumblebee mimicking beetle, visiting a Common knapweed (Centaurea nigra) flower, Kenfig NNR, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, June.

Chris Mattison / Rhinoceros beetle (Xylotrupes gideon) on tree trunk, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Chris Mattison / Rhinoceros beetle (Xylotrupes gideon) on tree trunk, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Stephen Dalton / Welsh chafer beetle (Hoplia philanthus) Sussex, England, UK.

Alex Hyde / Atlas beetle / Three-horned rhinoceros beetle male (Chalcosoma sp.) with enormous horns, used to fight rival males. Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo.

Richard Du Toit / Dung beetle sign post, Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa.

Loic Poidevin / Rose chafer beetle (Cetonia aurata) on climbing hydrangea flower (Hydrangea petioralis) Vendee, France, May.

Loic Poidevin / Rose chafer beetles (Cetonia aurata) pair mating, Vendee, France, April.

Loic Poidevin / Rose chafer beetles (Cetonia aurata) pair mating, Vendee, France, April.

Jussi Murtosaari / Silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia valesina), female and, Eurasian bee beetle (Trichius fasciatus) feeding on Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense), Finland, July.

Robin Chittenden / Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) larva. Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. May.

Robin Chittenden / Common cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) walking along branch. Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. May.

Edwin Giesbers / Cockchafer beetle (Melolontha melolontha) on lichen encrusted twig. France. May.

Pal Hermansen / Rose chafer beetle (Cetonia aurata) taking off from Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) flower. Akershus, Norway. July.

Nick Garbutt / RF - Dung beetle (Scarabaeidae) rolling dung ball. South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Nick Garbutt / Dung beetle (Scarabaeidae) rolling dung ball. South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.

Nick Garbutt / Dung beetle (Scarabaeidae) rolling dung ball. South Luangwa National Park, Zambia.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Bee beetle (Trichius fasciatus) usually found on flowers, in this case the Toothed orchid (Neotinea tridentata). Preci, Umbria, Italy, May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Bee beetle (Trichius fasciatus) usually found on flowers- in this case the Toothed orchid (Neotinea tridentata). Preci, Umbria, Italy, May.

Suzi Eszterhas / Giant Amazon scarab beetle (Coprophanaeus lancifer), Amazon, Brazil. June.

Alex Hyde / Cockchafer beetle (Melolontha melolontha) male with antennae fans spread. Males have seven leaves to each of their antennae whilst females have six. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. Photog...

Alex Hyde / Cockchafer beetle (Melolontha melolontha) male with antennae fans spread. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. Photographed on a white background in mobile field studio. May. Focus stacked ima...

Will Watson / Bee chafer (Trichius fasciatus), ancient deer park, Herefordshire, England, June.

Nigel Cattlin / Edible cockchafers (Scarabaeidae), known as Mang-Gudchi, on market stall. Bangkok, Thailand.