Stag beetle Lucanus cervus adult stage
Stag beetles live outside just for a few weeks during which they get down in earnest to the business of reproducing.Below are a few pages inspired on their doings which have been added on over the years. However, there are always some in the pipeline...
Stag beetles provide no end of inspiration!
Male Lucanus cervus and red currants.
- Status - Not engangered in the UK.
- Identification - Basic photos to help you identify your beetle.
- Reproductive system:
- Female reproductive system - A microscopic view.
- Protruded organs of a crushed female - View of an everted mycangium.
- Flying stag beetles:
- Flying stag beetles - An amazing collection of photos of flying stag beetles taken in the wild.
- Stag beetles ready for take-off - Stag and lesser stag beetles queuing-up to take-off!
- Courtship behaviour:
- Mating behaviour - Close up photos of some of their interesting mating antics.
- A Stag Night in Colchester - Step-by-step illustration of spontaneous fights during one night.
- Extraordinary nuptial flight - Unique observation in Hungary.
- Mate-guarding behaviour in stag beetles - Interesting observations in Sweden and the Netherlands.
- Stag beetle mating quiz - Just how many beetles can you see?
- Videos - Several videos of their fights.
- Mating behaviour - Close up photos of some of their interesting mating antics.
- Necrophilia - males attraction to dead females.
- Stag beetles and dead snails - Some unique and intriguing observations.
- Do male stag beetles bite? - Of course, they do!
- What do they eat? - And other questions...
- Stag beetles and predators - An extensive review of this topic.
- Stag beetles and mites - Some interesting finds.