Author Archives: robertmcdanbert

This was the first “published” piece of Tumble Bug Press in October of 2021. Bloody Run is a cold water spring fed trout stream in northeast Iowa near McGregor. True to Iowa’s legacy of being the lapdog of the Farm … Continue reading →

More introductions of non-native dung beetles however.

It’s been a long time my friends. So long I don’t recognize a thing. But I’m glad to hear my tumble bug friends are still making the press. It’s sh*t news! Roll on friends.   https://local12.com/news/nation-world/great-smoky-mountain-park-rangers-release-rolling-poop-video-08-27-2019-185832527

http://iowapublicradio.org/post/lots-dung-midwest-farmers-look-dung-beetles-help

In some recent (published January, 2013, in the online journal Current Biology): http://news.sciencemag.org/2013/01/dung-beetles-navigate-milky-way That link seems to be dead but researchers Eric Warrant and Marie Dacke have published interesting findings: https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-ento-042020-102149

Fears new beetles will spread diseases By Andrew Stone 5:30 AM Saturday Mar 9, 2013 Auckland’s top public health doctor wants big insect project delayed Expand The rhinoceros dung beetle, one of the 11 species coming to NZ. Photo / … Continue reading →

Bugs are your buddies too! http://www.healingseekers.com/bugs-are-my-buddies/ or see Rick Miller’s work at: http://www.downeastbugs.com/About_the_Photographer.html