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Lucanus placidus?- pronotum - Lucanus capreolus - male
Copyright © 2005 Crystal Maier

Lucanus placidus?- pronotum - Lucanus capreolus - Male
Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, USA
July 18, 2005
Size: 34mm (w/o jaws)
Here's a picture of the depressions on his pronotum.

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Lucanus capreolus major male - Lucanus capreolus - male Lucanus placidus?- pronotum - Lucanus capreolus - male L. caprelous major male-comparison with minor male - Lucanus capreolus - male
Contributed by Crystal Maier on 12 January, 2006 - 3:58pm
Last updated 4 March, 2008 - 1:26pm

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