Table 2. Number of beetles with different gut fullness out of 51 specimens collected in total.

Showing that visible gut fullness was a good indicator of successful DNA amplification within our study. Data derive from eight dung beetle species: Deltochilum sp. (n = 5), O. conspicullatum (n = 21), C. anagustatus (n = 2), Onthophagus sp. (n = 1), Anoplotrupes stercorosus (n = 19), Dichiotomius sp. (n = 1), S. notis (n = 1).

	Full	Half Full	Empty
Total Number of Beetles	31	11	9
Number of Amplified DNA sequences	21	6	2
Success rate	74%	55%	22%