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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Stag Beetles (Lucanidae) » Lucaninae » Lucanini » Lucanus » Lucanus placidus
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Lucanus placidus
Copyright © 2006 Rae Ann Gallati

Lucanus placidus
City garden with sandy soil, Central Minnesota County, Minnesota, USA
June 16, 2005
Size: 30 mm
Very good view of the femurs [or is it the femora?], which aren't golden like in the Lucanus capreolus, see here.
Sorry but the photo isn't sharp enough to sex this beetle. For a female underneath view click here.
This darkness, together with the mandibles, should be sufficient to identify this species.

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Contributed by Maria Fremlin on 13 February, 2006 - 9:32am
Last updated 4 March, 2008 - 1:30pm

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