Beetles were attracted to pit traps baited with the feces of one of 12 different animals in 3 habitats. Comparison of the 3 habitats showed marked differences in beetle fauna. Most dung beetles were captured in traps baited with swine feces. Swine and opossum feces attracted 57.7% of all beetles captured and 74.8% of the Phanaeus species which are the major intermediate hosts of swine spirurids in southern Georgia. Captured beetles comprised 12 genera with more than 18 species. The presence and abundance of coprophagous beetles in a given biome is determined by the supply of excrement for food. Other factors that may influence the distribution of these beetles are fauna, flora, solar radiation, temperature, soil type, soil pH, and rainfall. These factors are so closely linked that none can independently regulate the presence or absence of a given dung beetle species. The microclimatic conditions of animal droppings can restrict the small Aphodiinae, according to Landin (1961). Mohr (1943) reported that the environment in which dung is dropped has a profound effect on the composition of its fauna, i.e., droppings in densely shaded woods have a different set of dominant insects than those in sunny, open pastures. Many adult coprophagous beetles of the family Scarabaeidae are intermediate hosts of various helminths of domestic and wild animals. Phanaeus spp. have been found to be important intermediate hosts for spirurids of swine in southern Georgia (Porter, 1939; Stewart and Kent, 1963; Fincher, Stewart, and Davis, 1969). Cooper (1938), Ritcher (1945, 1966), and Lindquist (1933, 1935) found the adults of Phanaeus to be associated with cattle droppings while Miller (1954) found that Phanaeus igneus was one of the principal dung beetles burying human feces. Received for publication 11 November 1969. * Journal Series Paper No. 599 of the University of Georgia College of Agriculture Experiment Stations, Coastal Plain Station, Tifton, Georgia 31794. t Animal Parasite Research Laboratory, Animal Disease and Parasite Research Division, ARS, USDA, Tifton, Georgia 31794. t Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30601. Present address: Market Quality Research Division, Stored Product Insects Research and Development Laboratory, USDA, ARS, Savannah, Georgia 31403. In a short-term food preference test using a limited number of animal feces, Stewart (1967) found that more dung beetles were attracted to swine feces than to the other feces tested. This paper reports a food attraction study of dung beetles to 12 different animal feces in three different habitats. This study was conducted in the same manner as the previous work by Stewart (1967) using the same three locations on the Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, Georgia. MATERIALS AND METHODS Replicas were made in each of 3 different habitats. One habitat was an open area on the Experiment Station dairy farm approximately 1 mile away from the nearest wooded area. Other than dairy cattle, the only other domestic animals within a 0.5 mile radius were farm dogs and several horses. The second area was located on the Experiment Station's swine farm. The only animals present in numbers in this area were swine, although some wild animals were probably in nearby woods. The third area was located in woods near the Animal Disease Laboratory of the Experiment Station, where cattle, chickens, dogs, ducks, horses, sheep, and swine have all been kept in an assortment of pens and lots for years. Of the 3 areas studied, this was the closest to what could be considered a wild habitat. The heavily wooded area extended from the trap site along the sides of a stream bed for a distance of a mile or more. The 3 areas were separated from each other by distances of 2 to 3 miles. At each of the 3 locations, 12 holes spaced 30 ft apart held a 1-lb. coffee can with the rim buried to ground level. Funnels 4 by 3 inches were placed in each can. The top of each funnel had a 2.25-inch metal disk attached across the funnel opening to hold the bait. A 1-inch clearance between the edge of the disk and the top edge of the funnel permitted beetles to fall through into the can. The feces from each animal were placed on the same funnel throughout the experiment at approximately 9:00 AM (EDT) each day. The pit traps were baited, emptied, and the funnels randomly moved to different cans at the time of baiting each day, to avoid a position bias. Daily