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Stag beetle larvae videos

Stag beetle larvae when disturbed behave in a very characteristic way. That is they stay in the same place, wriggling and stridulating with their legs. Also, as a defencive reaction they defaecate and produce liquids in their mouths as well. And these videos illustrate their behaviour.

Mature stag beetle Lucanus cervus larva. Video shot in the garden in the presence of a singing male blackbird, 11 May 2008 by Maria Fremlin, Colchester.

For move chick here.

Close-up of a stag beetle Lucanus cervus larva stridulating. Video by Maria Fremlin, 26 March 2012.
For more about stridulation visit Stridulation in stag beetle larvae (Lucanus cervus L.).

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Stag beetle Lucanus cervus reaction to being unearthed from a BB4B bucket. Video shot on 11 July 2009 by Maria Fremlin, Colchester.

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Lesser stag beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus larva. Video shot on 11 May 2008 by Maria Fremlin, Colchester.
For more about lesser stag beetles visit The illustrated lesser stag beetle life cycle.

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More videos:
Feeding larvae of stag beetle (Lucanus cervus) and rhino beetle (Oryctes nasicornis) larvae, by Paul Hendriks

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