Sisyphus (beetle) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Sisyphus is a genus of dung beetle

Dung beetle

Dung beetles are beetles that feed partly or exclusively on feces. All of these species belong to the superfamily Scarabaeoidea; most of them to the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae of the family Scarabaeidae. This beetle can also be referred to as the scarab beetle. As most species of...

s. One common species is Sisyphus schaefferi (Linnaeus, 1758).

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