This is a good review of an article in Neotropical Entomology (Jacobs, 2008 ) about phoresy and poo-diving strategies in dung beetles: How to Find a Turd in the Woods.
“Elsewhere, we hear of a research assistant who “reported that a fecal pellet from a bald-faced saki monkey, with dung beetles attached, fell directly into his shirt pocket as he was observing monkeys in the canopy overhead.” Fieldwork doesn’t get any better than that, y’all.”
True true. I have a subset of specimens that I unknowingly sat on in the field and later peeled off my jeans – they’re still good specimens. A bit flat.
I recently read about fossilized dung beetle balls of dung. sorry no link.