Stag beetle Lucanus cervus videos

This page focus on the males fights with each other and even with a snail shell.

Stag beetle fight on an house wall. Video taken on the night of 13 June 2005 in Colchester by Freeman Lynn.

For another stag beetle fight in Colchester visit A Stag Night in Colchester.

Male stag beetles fighting under ivy - Video shot on the night of June 10 2005 in a village in Surrey by Ian Rudd who gave it to me.

Stag beetle tasting liquid that came out of a snail shell. Video shot on 20 June 2007 by Maria Fremlin in Colchester, of course.

For more about this strange behaviour click here.

Last modified: Thu Dec 4 15:24:50 GMT 2014