Lesson learned: Coniophanes piceivittis has a painful bite due to rear fangs.
Yes… the photos are piss-poor, but I didn’t exactly have time to adjust the shutter speed.
Two dung beetles rolled their ball of delicious fecal matter into between the buttresses of a tree. One appeared to begin searching for a hole that had been made previously, while the other waited.
I learned a little about depth of field with my camera today… so maybe next time, both dung beetles will be in focus.