In a village farm, Varun found a lot of cattle’s dung. Which insects will be useful to clean the farm? Why do you think so? Give reason to support your answer.
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You probably think of a dung beetle as a bug rolling a large ball of elephant dung. But some scientists think more highly of it.
Some scientists believe the dung beetle may be the face of organic farming’s future in the United States.
When you picture a dung beetle, you probably think of it rolling a large ball of elephant dung across an African landscape. What you probably don’t imagine are the beetles working their magic in the scat of wild pigs and deer in North America or making a meal out of cow patties. But that’s exactly what they do, according to studies.
Now scientists are trying to determine if the dung beetle — sometimes called “nature’s pooper scooper” — is helping farmers around the world eliminate problems naturally and organically. Let’s take a look at how these nocturnal feeding insects may be doing it.