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Canthon pilularius
common tumblebug, Eastern Tumblebug
Canthon pilularius is a ball-rolling (telocoprid) dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae, commonly known as the common tumblebug or Eastern Tumblebug. It is one of five North American species in the pilularius species group. Adults are known for their distinctive behavior of forming dung balls and rolling them away from deposition sites for burial and larval development.