Dung Beetle

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“A black insect, with brilliant metallic blue or purple reflections on the under side, and well known as “wheeling its drowsy flight” during fine evenings. This it does in search of a patch of cow-dung, through which it makes its way until reaching the ground, where it bores a perpendicular tunnel about 8 inches deep, and as wide as a man’s finger; then ascending to the surface it conveys a quantity of dung to the bottom, and on this it proceeds to deposit an egg; another layer of the same material and another egg follow until the entire shaft is filled.” — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893

Source

The Encyclopedia Britannica, New Warner Edition (New York, NY: The Werner Company, 1893)

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