Adult stag beetles
Stag beetles belong to the order Coleoptera, Lucanidae family. The Lucanidae is a very large family with between 800 to 1,250 species worldwide, and this site covers just a few.The first three species are the only ones that presently exist in Britain, where I'm based, the others occur in North America.
Before you go any further please check your beetle's antennae. I say this because I've had emails from the USA about the blue-margined ground beetle - Pasimachus depressus, which happens to have mandibles as well, but it is not a Lucanidae at all.
Male Lucanus cervus and red currants.
- European stag beetle (Lucanus cervus - Linnaeus, 1758)
- Identification - Basic photos to help you identify your beetle.
- Flying stag beetles - An amazing collection of photos of flying stag beetles taken in the wild.
- Mating behaviour - Close up photos of some of their interesting mating antics.
- A Stag Night in Colchester
- What do they eat?
- Stag beetles and dead snails
- Identification - Basic photos to help you identify your beetle.
- Lesser stag beetle (Dorcus parallelipipedus - Linnaeus, 1758)
- Horned stag beetle (Sinodendron cylindricum - Linnaeus, 1758)
- Giant stag beetle (Lucanus elaphus - Fabricius, 1775)
- Pinching Bug (Pseudolucanus capreolus - Linnaeus, 1763)
- Common name? (Pseudolucanus placidus - Say, 1825)
- Antelope beetle (Dorcus parallelus - Say, 1823)
