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The nigriventris Onthophagus, a beetle that can end up with long horns as 40% of the body is represented on the vase you see in the image. Symbol of strength and energy, the horns are used primarily for fighting rivals during the mating period and to show manly in the eyes of the females. The bigger, the greater the chance of finding a male companion. The beetles of the species Onthophagus nigriventris have very large horns.

The sexual habits of beetles are rather curious, the female mates with several males and only those who have more sperm unable to fertilize. Probably beetles più cornuti, anche se sono i più quotati e riescono quasi sempre ad accoppiarsi, hanno meno possibilità di riprodursi...
Gli scarabei si nutrono degli escrementi degli animali e degli uomini. Quegli stessi escrementi, cadendo a terra ed essendo sotterati dagli scarabei, contribuiscono come concime, a nutrire le piante che crescono floride.
Lo scarabeo era il più importante tra gli amuleti dell'antico Egitto.
Usati anche come ornamento erano fabbricati con i materiali più diversi; la ceramica, la terracotta, il legno, il basalto, la pietra, l'onice, i metalli preziosi come l'oro e l'argento, i metalli più comuni come il bronzo e il rame.
L'efficacia dell'amuleto si basava soprattutto sulle reali habits of the beetle.
Legend has it that at that time there were only male beetles, which after producing their seed, wrapped around itself until it forms a ball, then bury it. The new offspring to life through this cycle.
The beetle was identified with the God who gives life, namely the Sun, because in making the journey to settle his suit, does exactly the same path of the sun "dies" West, only to reappear the next day to the East For this reason, the beetle is considered the amulet that "transforms". The soul of the deceased did not die with him but "changed", he became able, like the Sun Spirit, to renew every day ... At the

ancient Egyptian scarab was considered a very sacred animal, and was identified by the symbol of the sun god Ra in his rising: the hieroglyphic-shaped beetle in fact the meaning of "becoming", "renew", "resurrect." Although the beetle is often depicted with wings of a falcon, and not with its open elytra, as a reference to the animal's sacred sun god