Geotrupes spiniger
A big black and slightly lustrous dung beetle.
Very similar to Geotrupes stercorarius but in Geotrupes spiniger the outer edge of the mandible has a distinct lobe.
In pastures grazed by herbivores.
May to October.
The larvae live in the dung of herbivores.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Occasional in Leicestershire & Rutland. There were a total of 11 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
Kate Nightingale
Ketton Quarry
06 August 2016
John Cranfield
Fleckney garden1
10 August 2011
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
27 October 2011
David Nicholls
Croft Hill
29 September 2011
John Cranfield
Fleckney garden1
10 August 2011
lobed mandible
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Geotrupidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 12
- First record:
- 10/08/2011 (Cranfield, John)
- Last record:
- 23/07/2022 (Gaten, Ted)
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John Cranfield
Fleckney garden1
10 August 2011
John Cranfield
Fleckney garden1
10 August 2011
