Dung beetle attacking millipede

Supplementary material video accompanying Biology Letters article 'From coprophagy to predation: a dung beetle that kills millipedes' available at http://journals.royalsociety.org/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.1098...

Nighttime infrared video footage of the dung beetle /Deltochilum valgum/ attacking a millipede in the Peruvian rainforest. Ecologically distinct from its co-occurring dung-feeding relatives, this species is a specialized predator of millipedes and the first case of an obligate predatory dung beetle. The beetle kills the millipede by prying apart its segments, often through decapitation, before feeding on its soft inner tissues.

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