reddish brown stag beetle-beautiful insect - Lucanus capreolus

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reddish brown stag beetle-beautiful insect - Lucanus capreolus -

Seymour, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
July 25, 2008
Size: about 1.5"

and another angle, showing a good shot of its impressive mandibles. I was careful not to get my fingers too close lol.

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reddish brown stag beetle-beautiful insect - Lucanus capreolus - male

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Contributed by bugsrock on 25 July, 2008 - 1:05pm

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