ScarabScarab| Upper Volta 1981 | Republic of Benin 2000 | France 1956 |
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| Scarab Beetle Scarabaeus sacer (Scarabaeidae) |
Scarab Beetle Scarabaeus sacer (Scarabaeidae) |
Scarab Beetle (right lower) Scarabaeus typhon (Scarabaeidae) |
| Republic of Niger 2000 | Egypt 1983 | Cambodia 2000 |
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| Scarab Beetle Scarabaeus aeratus (Scarabaeidae) |
Scarab Beetle Scarabaeus sacer (Scarabaeidae) |
Scarab Beetle Scarabeus aegyptlorum (Scarabaeidae) |
| South Western Africa 1987 | Finland 1995 | Cambodia 1998 |
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| Green Dung Beetle Garreta nitens (Scarabaeidae) |
European Scaraboid Beetle Geotrupes stercorarius (Scarabaeidae) |
European Scaraboid Beetle Geotrupes geotrupes (Scarabaeidae) |
| Nicaragua 1988 | Uruguay 2013 |
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| Neotropical Dung Beetle Sulcophanaeus chryseicollis (Scarabaeidae) |
Dung Beetle Sulcophanaeus menelas (Scarabaeidae) |
| MontSerrat 1994 | United States of America 1999 | Cuba 1988 |
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| Phanaeus Scarab Beetle Phanaeus mexicanus (Scarabaeidae) |
Dung Beetle Phanaeus vindex (Scarabaeidae) |
Phanaeus Scarab Beetle Phanaeus leander (Scarabaeidae) |
| Republic of Suriname 1993 | Honduras 2003 | Republic of Suriname 1993 |
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| Phanaeus Scarab Beetle Phanaeus festivus (Scarabaeidae) |
Phanaeus Scarab Beetle Phanaeus eximius (Scarabaeidae) |
Phanaeus Scarab Beetle Phanaeus lancifer (Scarabaeidae) |
| Annobon Islands 2013 COPPER-NICKEL |
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| Scarab Beetle Scarabaeus sacer (Scarabaeidae) |
In ancient Egypt, the Scarabaeus sacer insect which rolls the ball of excrement was considered to be the incarnation of God which carries the sun. Then, the faith which engraves a stone etc. with the figure of this insect and is used as a charm was produced. Large naturalist Linne in the 18th century was connected with this historical fact, and named a kind of the insect of the typical excrement which rolls the ball of excrement Scarabius sakeru, i.e., "a sacred beetle." In France, it is put into French and it is called Scarab sakeru. Fabre had deep concern in the figure which rolls the excrement, and the ecology was clarified by the thorough observation and the experiment which was rich in originality and creativity. It could also be considered to be the reason led to "incarnation of God" Scarab that Fabre was able to write the great work as rich "account of an insect" as that.
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