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Phanaeus vindex in feral hog dung.

Dr Roisin Stanbrook is a Post‐doctoral fellow at the University of Central Florida. She uses dung beetles to assess the impact of habitat modification on dung beetle communities, and models how changes in mammalian diversity in protected areas in East Africa affect dung beetle community composition. She has long held a passion for the little things that run our world, and for the need to increase awareness of insect conservation. This case study examines the different aspects of using baited pitfall trapping, which is most commonly employed method to determine dung beetle diversity, and the challenges encountered when working in protected areas in East Africa.