Female Stag Beetle ?

[mackem 25,380]

I will certainly try,I walked down there earlier,saw none,saying that its a little cold,its normally the warmer humid summer nights when they seem to be everywhere They are like coppers,never around when you need one,in swarms when you dont

[donky7 9]

but late.... but looks like 1 of the lesser stag beetles.

 

the stag beetle has large ... the lesser has much smaller claws.

[mad al 146]

Excellent pix

[Pinchy 0]

I came across this thread looking for a high resolution picture of 2 male stag beetles in the "Victory" pose.

 

You are just So lucky!

My moneys on it definitely being a Staggy, female, but it could be "Lesser" and we wouldn't know from the photo...

 

I found a female stag beetle this summer, the first live stag I've ever seen.

 

It feels natural to like them I don't really know why ';,,;'

 

 

 

She flipped on her back trying to climb over my keyboard, I flipped her back over and after that point she stopped being cautious. Any movement or noise would make her go into a defensive position. It wasn't easy to get that photo, because the grippy legs kept getting stuck.

Edited October 17, 2008 by Pinchy

[J Darcy 5,871]

Awesome

[jeepster 0]

Quite a few years ago a pal of mine had a male that he kept as a pet for a while after finding it flying round his bedroom one night. It's party piece was to throw a matchbox over its back, which it would do if you rattled the matchbox between its pincers