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TUMBLE-BUGS*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Robert H. Cooper
Robert H. Cooper
Affiliation:
Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa and Ball State Teachers College, Muncie, Indiana
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“Tumble-bugs” have been interesting to human beings for centuries. As these chubby insects roll their balls across paths, roads, and walks, persons stop to puzzle, and whether country boys, soldiers, golfers, or scientists, all are fascinated by the ball-rolling habit of these creatures.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 70 , Issue 8 , August 1938 , pp. 155 - 157
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1938

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