Country diary: the sacred giants of the dung-beetle world, Insects
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#x3C;strong>Big Moor, Derbyshire:</strong> This specimen glittered purplish-blue in the setting sun – no wonder the ancient Egyptians thought them divine
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The Egyptian Beetle: 10 Scarab Facts That Will Surprise You - A-Z Animals
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Beez Neez now Chy Whella - Creatures on Antigua
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May 2017 – More Than A Dodo
Did the ancient Egyptians use scarab beetles to build the pyramids? - Quora
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Piotr Naskrecki's Blog, page 7
Natural Histories - 25 Extraordinary Species That Have Changed Our World, PDF, Chimpanzee
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Mozambique – The Smaller Majority
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The Insect World, by Louis Figuier, a Project Gutenberg eBook.
Did the ancient Egyptians use scarab beetles to build the pyramids? - Quora
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Grasslands: from poo to predators
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Human interactions with insects - Wikipedia
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The Insect World, by Louis Figuier, a Project Gutenberg eBook.