The scarab egg is laid in a ball of dung secure in a chamber dug by the parent beetles. The larvae develops and grows eating the dung until reaching the pupa stage. Then it emerges from the ground as an adult beetle. read more
Like all beetles, scarab beetles have complete metamorphosis. The life cycle includes the egg (laid by the female scarab beetle), larvae which feed and grow and are C-shaped, pupae which are similar to the cocoon stage in moths, and adults which mate and begin the cycle again. read more