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title: "Woodland Dor Beetle"
description: "Anoplotrupes stercorosus — Insects & spiders. Anoplotrupes stercorosus, the dor beetle, is a species of earth-boring dung beetle belonging to the family Geotrupidae, subfamily Geotrupinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/woodland-dor-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Woodland Dor Beetle

> Anoplotrupes stercorosus — Insects & spiders. Anoplotrupes stercorosus, the dor beetle, is a species of earth-boring dung beetle belonging to the family Geotrupidae, subfamily Geotrupinae.

- Scientific name: *Anoplotrupes stercorosus*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 56399
- Wikidata: [Q1314196](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1314196)
- iNaturalist taxon: [125655](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/125655)

## Names

- en: Woodland Dor Beetle
- de: Waldmistkäfer
- es: Escarabajo Pelotero Zumbador
- fr: Géotrupe des bois
- pl: Żuk leśny

## Countries with the most observations

DE (9201), FR (4425), GB (4156), RU (4031), DK (3490), CZ (2865), PL (2722), AT (2663), FI (2488), SE (1993), IT (1973), UA (1467)

## Summary

Anoplotrupes stercorosus, the dor beetle, is a species of earth-boring dung beetle belonging to the family Geotrupidae, subfamily Geotrupinae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anoplotrupes_stercorosus

## Photo

![Woodland Dor Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/woodland-dor-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Harukano · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201269822

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/woodland-dor-beetle?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).