Dung beetles live in regions where cattle graze,quickly burying and recycling cattle droppings.Because of the dung beetle's activities,breeding habitats and resources for disease-carrying flies are reduced and the plants upon which cattle feed are nourished.
-The relationship between the dung beetles and the disease-carrying flies is a type of
A)mutualism.
B)commensalism.
C)intraspecific competition.
D)interspecific competition.

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Dung beetles and disease-carrying flies are in interspecific competition because they compete for the same resource (cattle droppings) but are different species.

Dung Beetles Live in Regions Where Cattle Graze,quickly Burying and Recycling