Russ explained how dung beetles are beneficial to farms including improving the flow of water, nutrients, and carbon into the root zone of the pasture which in turn improves the productivity. By burying the dung, the beetles prevent the build-up of flies, improving animal health, productivity and lifestyle conditions for graziers and surrounding conditions. Other advantages include improved soil health, reduced water run-off, reduced livestock parasites, carbon sequestration, reduced emissions, improved pastures, and reduced bushfly and buffalo fly populations. The dung of affected animals is packed full of worm eggs and the larvae that hatch from the eggs are then consumed with the pasture by the livestock who are soon infected. As the dung beetles consume the dung, they kill the worm eggs and make the dung less favourable to the growth of worm larvae, giving producers natural parasite control. The species that are best suited to our specific area are the Bubas bison and the Euoniticellus intermedius. There are a 11 species of dung beetles present in the Murray Region that are active at various times of the year. They include: Bubas bison (winter, autumn, spring) Euoniticellus (summer, autumn, spring) Africanus Fulvus Intermedius Pallipes Geotrupes spiniger (autumn, winter, spring) Onitis (summer, autumn, spring) Aygulus Alexis Onthophagus binodis (summer, autumn, spring) Digitonthopahgus gazella (summer, autumn, spring) Onthophagus taurus (summer, autumn, spring)