We have a few species of green dung beetle here of which this is the smallest,
Gymnopleurus humanus.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Vcc7KBPEzHmHpPo8PTjeCkW5FWcEh_eALOvxBMY4NBsvoB49GlhSeAPatYFS__tk2kP5XkzvQA0D3Iow8UbIcCRrbk3YH-dpeDHYumOswiGt9ygWTfW7mom6Fs_PNJ4xmgJOEt0luBpg/s320/7_102_1539.jpg)
The female lays her eggs in the dung and then she holds onto the ball as the male pushes it with his rear legs.
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They would not stop moving and I had to put my finger onto it in order to get some pictures. The male would get so mad, he would crawl onto my finger. :)
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Common Metallic Longhorns (
Promeces longipes)
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Small dotted fruit Chafer.
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He was trying to bury himself in this flower.
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