Genus Onthophagus – Dung Beetles

Twelve species are listed in Tasmania.

Onthophagus auritus

  IMG 5416 

Onthophagus australis


Onthophagus binodis, Humpbacked Dung Beetle

Onthophagus binodis, Humpbacked Dung Beetle Onthophagus binodis, Humpbacked Dung Beetle

Onthophagus fuliginosus

   

Pending ID – Onthophagus
#1. Onthophagus sp
Mid November
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart
Photos KE
 

#2. Late September 2010
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart
Photo KE

#3. Mid April 2015
Marion Bay
Photos KE
   
#3.1
Late April 2023
Jetty Beach, Bruny Island
Photos KE
IMG 6982  IMG 6985

#4. Mid November 2014
New Town Rivulet Reserve, Lenah Valley.
Photos KE
   

#6. Found dead
Late April 2017
Lake St Clair
Photos KE
   

#7. Mid April 2022
Vale of Belvoir
Photos KE
IMG 3395  IMG 3396  IMG 3400

#8. Early January 2023
Tarraleah
In wallaby dung.
Photos KE
IMG 5528  IMG 5530

Early October 2023
Chauncy Vale
Photos KE

IMG 7983  IMG 7984

Early October 2023
Chauncy Vale
Photo KE

IMG 7986

References

Grove S.J., Forster  L. G. ,Porch, N. (2021) An illustrated checklist of the insects of Tasmania. Part 1 – Coleoptera (beetles). The Royal Society of Tasmania. Hobart