Were there flesh-eating scarab beetles living in Egypt at one time?
   Justin, Web Post

Dr. dig responds:
No, sorry Justin, there were never flesh-eating scarab beetles in Egypt--these have been invented by film producers to scare audiences! There were harmless scarab beetles, however, who pushed balls of dung (poop) in front of them, inspiring the legend of the beetle sun god Khephri, who pushed the sun across the sky each day.