By Wanyua Mary
Dung bettle is a soil organism that is visible to humans and very beneficial to the soil's health. The beetle live and eats animal dung. Mostly, the beetle is brown or black in colour.
The beetle is able to move a dung ball twice or even thrice its size with ease. Due to its activities in the cowpat, the beetle is a valiable soil restoration tool as it increases water infiltration, organic matters, aerates the soils, removes non point source pollution, and helps to control pest insects.
Some beetles are very swift in dim light while others in broad day light hence they have corresponding changes in their eyes to suit different light niches.
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