Scarabs
Links
Beetles as Religious Symbols
http://www.insects.org/ced2/beetles_rel_sym.html
The importance of the beetle in religion, especially that of ancient Egypt, with information on the Scarab, Khepri and the pyramids, the scarab and the mummy, the auspicious scarab and Ptah and Neith. From Cultural Entomology Digest 2.
Khepri
http://totaleclipseanimations.homestead.com/totalsolareclipsescarab.html
Theory on how total eclipses of the sun and dung beetle behavior inspired the ancient Egyptian scarab god Khepri.