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A dung beetle ( Scarabaeus nigroaeneus ) performing an orientation dance on top of its ball. During the dance, a dung beetle climbs on top of its ball and performs a series of rotations, before starting to roll its ball. This dance behaviour allows the beetles to compensate for disturbances to their straight‐line rolling path, suggesting that it plays an important role in dung beetle orientation behaviour. Photo reproduced by permission of Emily Baird, Lund, Sweden.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
ethology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.739
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1439-0310
pISSN - 0179-1613
DOI - 10.1111/eth.12151
Subject(s) - dung beetle , dance , ball (mathematics) , visual arts , art , communication , biology , mathematics , zoology , psychology , geometry , scarabaeidae