Dor Beetle
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Geotrupes stercorarius
Common & widespread around the British Isles, also known as Dung Beetle.
The whole Beetle is weakly lustrous and darkly colored, sometimes with a bluish sheen.
The body shape is very compact and arched toward the top.
On each elytron seven long rows of points are just visible.
The head is clearly forward, and similar to a shovel in shape.
The antennae are short and thicken into fans at the ends.
On each leg there are numerous spikes..
Adults appear generally from April or May, and might occur wherever suitable host material is abundant; cattle pastures, moorland and hillsides, they are mostly crepuscular or nocturnal and may be seen in flight, often around cattle as they lie in fields.