The Sacred Scarab (Scarabaeus sacer) is a dung beetle species, and it is the most famous of the scarab beetles. As an almost exclusively coastal species, their preferred habitat is in coastal dunes and marshes around the Mediterranean Basin. The Scared Scarab has an array of six projections that resemble rays; these are uniform with four more projections on each tibiae of the front legs, creating an arc of fourteen rays. These are adaptations are for digging and for shaping the ball of dung. Their diet consists of fruit, fungi, carrion, and insects.
The Sacred Scarab has an overall body length between .98”-1.5” (25-38 mm), body width of .59”-.94” (15-24 mm), and body height of .35”-.55” (9-14 mm). The typical lifespan of the Sacred Scarab is between 1-3 years.
The Sacred Scarab (Scarabaeus sacer) is a dung beetle species, and it is the most famous of the scarab beetles. As an almost exclusively coastal species, their preferred habitat is in coastal dunes and marshes around the Mediterranean Basin. The Scared Scarab has an array of six projections that resemble rays; these are uniform with four more projections on each tibiae of the front legs, creating an arc of fourteen rays. These are adaptations are for digging and for shaping the ball of dung. Their diet consists of fruit, fungi, carrion, and insects.
The Sacred Scarab has an overall body length between .98”-1.5” (25-38 mm), body width of .59”-.94” (15-24 mm), and body height of .35”-.55” (9-14 mm). The typical lifespan of the Sacred Scarab is between 1-3 years.