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Australian Museum Scavenger Scarabs - Hybosoridae

Specimens Australian Museum Entomology Collection

Welcome to another Australian Museum Entomology expedition! This expedition is looking at the family Hybosoridae, Scavenger Scarab beetles. Hybosorids are small, 5–7 mm in length and oval in shape, with prominent spurs on their legs. The >600 species in 78 extant genera occur widely in the tropics, but little is known of their biology. Adults are known to feed on invertebrate and vertebrate carrion, with some found in dung. Larvae have been found in decomposing plant material.

This expedition is part of the Australian Museum's Collection Enhancement Project (CEP). The CEP will result in new levels of access to the AM’s diverse collections, making digital images and meta data easily accessible to First Nations communities, scientists, researchers, students and individuals from Australia and abroad.

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