Black-streaked dung beetle

Nimbus contaminatus, the black-streaked dung beetle, is a species of dung beetle native to Europe, where it has been recorded from Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Black-streaked dung beetle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Nimbus obliteratus
• Melinopterus prodromus
• Melinopterus sphacelatus
• Chilothorax melanostictus
• Chilothorax distinctus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Genus

Nimbus

Species

Nimbus contaminatus

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