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Date: 2000-2001
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Do some scarabs roll hair balls instead of dung balls?

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Scarabs and their close relatives are among the most diverse group of beetles; there are many species of dung beetles and other species that are similar in some ways, but in the general references I have I haven't seen anything about any rolling balls of anything but dung. I don't have more detailed references on the group.

J. Elliott

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