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Physical Description
Ant Scarabs are mostly monotone in colour of black or brown. These beetles, like many other insects that coexist with ants, have unique secretory hairs termed "trichomes" near the posterior borders of the pronotum. Ants are drawn to the chemical released, and they eat these hairs. They are properly formed for quick digging and constructed like armored tanks.

Basic Biology
Ant Scarabs are robustly oval-shaped, compact, and heavy-bodied insects. Their distinctive antennae, which each end in three flattened plates that join together to form a club, set them apart from other beetles. To aid in digging, their front legs' outer margins are sometimes serrated or scalloped. The size of these beetles ranges from 5 mm (0.2 inch) for the smallest species to 12 cm (4.7 inches) for the heaviest insects.

Habitat/Range
Ant Scarabs live in ant nests (throughout Alberta); They land close to ant nests and either go inside on their own or are carried inside by the ants by pretending to "play dead."