Common Dumbledore Beetle

Geotrupes spiniger is a species of earth-boring dung beetles native to Europe.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Common Dumbledore 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

• Geotrupes stercorarius
• Sericotrupes niger
• Geotrupes mutator
• Geotrupes blackburnii
• Geotrupes hornii
• Phelotrupes formosanus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Geotrupidae

Genus

Geotrupes

Species

Geotrupes spiniger

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