Aphodiidae

Scarabaeoidea • Coleoptera • Insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

Aphodius immundus (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Udo Schmidt
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Aphodiidae

This is a widely distributed family of small scarab beetles. The larve (white grubs) of some species are considered to be pests of pastures like the black turfgrass ataenius, Ataenius spretulus, in North America. Other species breed in dung.

The following genera and individual species are currently entered in the system:

• Ataenius spretulus